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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. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  10. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  11. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  12. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  13. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  14. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  15. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  16. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  17. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  18. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
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