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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  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. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  10. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  11. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  14. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  15. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  16. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  17. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  18. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
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