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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  10. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  11. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  12. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  13. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  14. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  15. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  16. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  17. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  18. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
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