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Ideas for books
Mia wants to know where Ross gets his ideas for writing books.
  1. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  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. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  10. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  11. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  12. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  13. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  16. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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