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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  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. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  10. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  11. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  14. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  15. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  16. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  17. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  18. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
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