Audio & Video
The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
- The origins of 'Lads'
- 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
- Reading of The River
- Re-imagining Scottish folklore
- Reading The Undefeated
- Reading from The Crossover
- Questions from schools
- Dogs in space
- Favourite book
- School days and writing
- How do you come up with names for your characters?
- Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm