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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  11. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  12. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  13. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  14. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  15. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  16. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  17. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  18. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
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