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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    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. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  10. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  11. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  12. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  13. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  14. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  15. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  16. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  17. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
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