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How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
Holly answers a question from pupils in Scotland.
  1. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  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. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  10. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  11. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  12. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  13. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  14. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  15. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  16. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  17. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  18. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
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