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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  7. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  8. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  9. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  12. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  15. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
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