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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. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  10. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  11. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  12. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  13. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  14. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  15. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  16. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
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