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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  10. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  11. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  12. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  13. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  14. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  15. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  16. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  17. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  18. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
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