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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  7. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  8. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  9. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  10. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  11. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  12. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
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