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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  10. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  11. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  12. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  13. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  14. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  15. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  16. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  17. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  18. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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