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Reading of The River
Tom reads his latest book, The River.
  1. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  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 and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  10. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  11. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  12. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  13. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  14. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  15. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  16. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  17. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  18. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
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