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Final thoughts
What would Alan like readers to take away from Lads?
- Final thoughts
- Introducing Wain
- Introducing The Black Flamingo
- The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
- The Black Flamingo
- How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
- Re-imagining Scottish folklore
- A novel in verse
- Fan fiction of your life!
- Books and confidence
- The poetry community
- Working with young writers
- Wishes
- Questions from schools
- Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
- Book Introduction
- Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
- A question from Twitter
- Being Children’s Laureate
- Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
- No Breathing in Class
- Who is Josh Bell?
- Sport brings us together






















