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Sarah’s route into fiction
Sarah explains how she got started as a writer and some of the themes of her fiction.
  1. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  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. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  10. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  11. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  12. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  13. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  14. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  15. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  16. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  17. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  18. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
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