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Cardboard Cowboys reading
Brian reads from the opening chapter of Cardboard Cowboys.
  1. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  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. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  10. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  11. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  12. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  13. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  14. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  15. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  16. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  17. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  18. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
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