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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  10. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  11. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  12. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  13. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  14. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  15. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  16. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  17. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  18. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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