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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?
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    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. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  10. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  11. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  12. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  15. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
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    Read a long
  17. Schools questions
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    Schools questions
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