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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  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. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  10. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  11. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  12. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  13. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  14. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  15. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  16. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  17. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  18. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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