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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    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. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  12. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  13. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  14. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  17. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  18. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
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