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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  10. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  11. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  12. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  13. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  16. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  17. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  18. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
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