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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  10. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  11. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  12. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. School days
    03:57
    School days
  14. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  15. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  16. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  17. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  18. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
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