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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. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  10. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  11. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  12. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  13. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  14. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  15. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  16. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  17. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  18. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
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