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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  10. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  11. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  12. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  15. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  16. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  17. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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