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Acting and Writing
How frustration with her acting career led Manjeet to develop her writing talents.
  1. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  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. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  10. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  11. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  12. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  13. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  16. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  17. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  18. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
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