Audio & Video
Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
- Alastair’s influences
- Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
- Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
- Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
- Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
- Translating into Gaelic
- Discovering New Words
- Favourite Scots Words
- McLean Primary eco projects
- Flirting and locker room talk
- The World of the Crossing
- How do you come up with names for your characters?
- How Catherine works
- Introduction to the Twitchers
- Hallowe'en in Scotland
- Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
- Reading from Race to the Frozen North
- Steven Lenton's illustrations