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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  10. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  11. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  12. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  13. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  14. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  15. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  16. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  17. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  18. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
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