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
- Sue's presentation
- How did you plan the structure of the novel?
- Ideas for books
- Where The Heart Should Be
- Working in Comics
- Wordplay
- The Great Storm Whale reading
- Feather reading
- Questions from West Calder High School
- Tom on his illustrations