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Stories are people
Alastair talks about how he loves stories about people
  1. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  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. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  10. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  15. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  16. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  17. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  18. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
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