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Cardboard Cowboys reading
Brian reads from the opening chapter of Cardboard Cowboys.
  1. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  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. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  10. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  11. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  12. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  13. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  14. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  15. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  16. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  17. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  18. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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