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School days and writing
Janice chats to Brian about growing up in Coatbridge and how he began writing.
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    07:07
    School days and writing
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
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    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
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    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Characters
    01:58
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  10. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  11. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  12. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  13. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  14. How to draw a blobfish
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    How to draw a blobfish
  15. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  16. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  17. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
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    Who is Josh Bell?
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