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Writing Fiction
Holly Bourne tells us how she got into writing fiction.
  1. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  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. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  10. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  11. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  12. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  13. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  14. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  15. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  16. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
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