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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  10. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  13. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  14. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  17. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  18. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
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