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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  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. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  10. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  11. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  12. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  13. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  14. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  15. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  16. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  17. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  18. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
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