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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  12. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  13. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  14. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  15. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  16. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  17. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  18. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  19. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  20. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
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