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Discovering New Words
Catriona and James share their favourite Scots and Gaelic words.
  1. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  14. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  15. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  16. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  17. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  18. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  19. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  20. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  21. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  22. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
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