Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Stories are people
Alastair talks about how he loves stories about people
  1. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  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. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  12. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  13. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  14. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  19. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  20. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
    21. Now playing
    Up next