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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  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. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  10. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  11. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  12. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  13. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  14. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  15. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  16. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  17. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  18. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
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