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Reading of The River
Tom reads his latest book, The River.
  1. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
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    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
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    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
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    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
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    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
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    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
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    Favourite Scots Words
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    Chae is Dr Who
  10. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
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    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  12. School days and writing
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    School days and writing
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    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. Writing in Scots
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    Writing in Scots
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    Crackledawn
  16. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  17. Names and Questions
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