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Stories are people
Alastair talks about how he loves stories about people
  1. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  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. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  15. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  16. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  17. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  18. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  19. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  20. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  21. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  22. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
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