Episode 15: Big Kids Book Club - Author Interview: Alastair Chisholm

<p>Hey hey hey!</p> <p>Welcome back to this week’s Author Interview.</p> <p>In this episode, Alastair Chisholm, author of The Prince, the Witch, the Thief and the Bears series, Inch and Grub, and sci-fi smash hit, Orion Lost, stops by the clubhouse to talk about his stories.</p> <p>Alastair and I chatted about how writing puzzles helped Alastair with plots, telling stories inspired by his own daughters, and finding sci-fi books that came from a love of Dr Who and Star Trek.</p> <p>We also talk about the Giving Tree - A charitable initiative run through Blackwell's in Edinburgh looking to gift children in need a book this christmas.</p> <p>Find link to it here: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghGivingTree&nbsp;</p> <p>Alastair was so fantastic to have on the show and we are super grateful he was able to join us on the show.</p> <p>Enjoy!</p> <p>***COMPETITION***</p> <p>If you want to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of Orion Lost, then head over to Twitter and follow @BigKidsBookClub.<br> Send us a tweet using the hashtag #OrionComp and tag the somebody who'd you want to be your 2nd in command on your spaceship.</p> <p>(UK residents only)</p> <p>The competition closes midnight on 4th December.</p>