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Fan fiction of your life!
How much of Dean’s experiences are reflected in his book?
  1. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  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 Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  10. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  11. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  12. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  13. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  14. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  15. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  16. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  17. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  18. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
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