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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  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. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  10. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  11. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  12. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  13. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  14. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  15. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  16. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  17. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  18. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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