Audio & Video
The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
- The origins of 'Lads'
- Introduction
- Genre
- The World
- Drawing out the secret character
- Character and story
- Stuff
- Obstacles
- Choices
- Summary
- The Crackledawn Dragon
- Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
- Draw the Light Ship
- Re-imagining Scottish folklore
- Reading The Undefeated
- Sarah’s route into fiction
- Themes of books
- Reading of The River
- S is for Scots
- Questions from schools