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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  10. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  11. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  12. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  13. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  16. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  17. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  18. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
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