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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  10. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  11. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  12. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  13. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  14. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  15. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  16. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  17. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  18. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
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