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Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
  1. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  2. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  11. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  12. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  13. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  14. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  15. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  16. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  17. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  18. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  19. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
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