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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  10. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  11. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  12. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  13. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  14. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  15. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  16. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  17. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  18. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
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