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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    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. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  10. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  11. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  15. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  16. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  17. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  18. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
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