Audio & Video
The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
- The origins of 'Lads'
- Two of David's novels
- The local library
- Imagination
- The power of words
- Starting as a writer
- Q&A with David Almond
- More Q&A with David Almond
- Introducing us to new historical figures
- Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
- The real world and the fictional world
- How Books Start
- Start with a face
- A question from Twitter
- The right words in the right order
- The main characters
- The Crackledawn Dragon
- A reading from Elizabeth