Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
A sudden idea
Frank tells us how the idea for Sputnik came to him.
  1. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  10. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  11. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  12. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  13. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  14. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  15. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  16. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  17. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  18. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
    19. Now playing
    Up next