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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. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  10. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  13. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  14. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  15. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  16. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  17. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  18. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
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