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Writing Fiction
Holly Bourne tells us how she got into writing fiction.
  1. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  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 Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  10. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  11. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  12. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  15. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  16. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  17. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  18. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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