Audio & Video
The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
- The origins of 'Lads'
- Introduction
- Genre
- The World
- Drawing out the secret character
- Character and story
- Stuff
- Obstacles
- Choices
- Summary
- Newton Farm Questions
- Working with an illustrator
- Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
- Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
- Questions from schools
- Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
- Ideas
- Using Scotland as a setting
- Sport brings us together
- What is the Nowhere Emporium?