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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  14. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  15. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  16. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  17. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  18. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  19. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  20. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  21. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  22. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
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