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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. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  7. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  8. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  9. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  10. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  11. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  12. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  13. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  14. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  15. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
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