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Going around gardens!
How ideas come to you when you just have a go at doing things
  1. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  2. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  11. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  13. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  14. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  15. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  16. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  17. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  18. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  19. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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