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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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 the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  10. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  11. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  12. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  13. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  14. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  15. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  16. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  17. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  18. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
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