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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. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  10. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  11. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  12. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  13. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  14. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  15. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  16. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  17. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  18. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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