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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  10. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  11. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  12. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  13. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  14. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  15. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  16. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  17. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  18. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
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