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Sarah’s route into fiction
Sarah explains how she got started as a writer and some of the themes of her fiction.
  1. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  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. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  10. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  11. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  12. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  13. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  14. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  18. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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