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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. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  10. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  11. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  12. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  13. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  14. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  15. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  16. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  17. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  18. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
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