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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. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  14. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  15. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  16. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  17. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  18. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  19. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  20. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  21. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  22. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
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