Audio & Video
Questions from West Calder High School
Pupils from West Calder High School in West Lothian put their questions to Alan.
- Questions from West Calder High School
- Introducing Wain
- Introducing The Black Flamingo
- The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
- The Black Flamingo
- How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
- Re-imagining Scottish folklore
- A novel in verse
- Fan fiction of your life!
- Books and confidence
- The poetry community
- Working with young writers
- Wishes
- Question and Answer - Part 2
- Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
- Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
- Konnie’s Love of Science
- Final thoughts
- Themes of books
- Draw Goldy the Gecko
- Gil's bug hospital
- Persistence
- Alastair’s influences