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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. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  10. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  11. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  14. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  15. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  16. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  17. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  18. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
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