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Ideas for books
Mia wants to know where Ross gets his ideas for writing books.
  1. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  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. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  10. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  11. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  12. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  13. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  14. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  15. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  16. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  17. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  18. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
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