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Reading of The River
Tom reads his latest book, The River.
  1. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  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. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  10. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  11. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  12. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  13. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  14. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  15. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  16. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  17. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  18. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
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