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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  10. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  11. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  12. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  13. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  14. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  15. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  16. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  17. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  18. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
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