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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  2. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  17. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  18. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  19. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  20. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  21. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  22. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
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