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Room on the Broom in Scots
James Robertson reads his version of the Julia Donaldson classic in Scots.
  1. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  12. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  13. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  14. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  15. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  18. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  19. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  20. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
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