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Reading of The River
Tom reads his latest book, The River.
  1. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  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. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  10. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  11. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  12. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  13. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  14. How to draw a blobfish
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    How to draw a blobfish
  15. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  16. Alastair’s influences
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    Alastair’s influences
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    Reading from The Crossover
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