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School days and writing
Janice chats to Brian about growing up in Coatbridge and how he began writing.
  1. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and 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. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  10. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  12. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  13. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  14. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  15. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  16. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  17. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  18. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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