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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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 Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  10. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  11. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  12. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  13. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  14. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  15. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  16. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  17. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  18. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
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