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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  14. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  15. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  16. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  17. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  18. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  19. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  20. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  21. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  22. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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