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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. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  12. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  13. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  14. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  15. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  16. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  17. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  18. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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