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
- Stories are people
- The Great Storm Whale reading
- The World of the Crossing
- How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
- Questions from schools
- Brian’s writing and favourite books
- Inspired by travelling
- Lauren reads
- Children’s Laureate
- Truth and Lies

















