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Brian’s writing and favourite books
Brian answers questions about Cardboard Cowboys and his future writing plans.
  1. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite 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. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  10. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  11. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  12. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  13. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  14. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  15. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  16. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  17. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  18. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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