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Reading The Undefeated
Author Kwame Alexander reads from his excellent book, The Undefeated.
  1. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  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. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  10. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  11. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  12. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  13. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  14. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  15. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  16. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  17. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  18. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
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