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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
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    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. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  10. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  11. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  12. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  13. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  14. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  15. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  16. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  17. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  18. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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