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A question about Charlie and Lola
Lauren explains the importance of childhood to her creative writing
  1. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  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. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  10. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  11. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  12. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  15. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  16. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  17. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  18. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
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