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Questions from schools
Catherine answers some questions from the audience and sent in by school pupils.
  1. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  10. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  15. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  16. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  17. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  18. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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