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Characters
Both authors agree that characters in their books can take on a life of their own
  1. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  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. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  10. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  11. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  12. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  13. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  14. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  15. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  16. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  17. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  18. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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