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Characters
Both authors agree that characters in their books can take on a life of their own
  1. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  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. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  11. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  12. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  15. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  16. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  17. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  18. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
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