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Inspired by travelling
Abi describes her early life and how her travels have found their way into her writing
  1. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  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 real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  10. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  11. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  14. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  17. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  18. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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