Audio & Video
Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
- Alastair’s influences
- Introduction
- Genre
- The World
- Drawing out the secret character
- Character and story
- Stuff
- Obstacles
- Choices
- Summary
- Ideas for books
- How to draw a blobfish
- A question from Freya.
- The Otherwhere Emporium reading
- Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
- Being Children’s Laureate
- Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
- Writing historical fiction
- Brian’s writing and favourite books
- Questions from schools