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Sarah’s route into fiction
Sarah explains how she got started as a writer and some of the themes of her fiction.
  1. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  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 Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  10. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  11. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  15. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  16. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  17. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  18. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
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