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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  10. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  11. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  12. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  13. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  14. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  15. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  16. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  17. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  18. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
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