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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  10. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  11. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  12. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  13. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  14. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  15. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  16. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  17. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  18. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
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