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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. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  10. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  11. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  12. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  13. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  14. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  15. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  16. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  17. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  18. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
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