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Reading of The River
Tom reads his latest book, The River.
  1. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  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. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  10. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  11. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  12. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  13. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  14. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  17. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  18. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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