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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  2. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  8. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  9. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  10. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  11. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  12. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  15. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  16. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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