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Cardboard Cowboys reading
Brian reads from the opening chapter of Cardboard Cowboys.
  1. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  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. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  10. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  11. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  14. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  15. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  16. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  17. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  18. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
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