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Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
  1. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  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. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  10. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  11. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  12. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  13. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  14. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  15. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  18. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
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