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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. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  10. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  11. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  12. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  13. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  14. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  15. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  16. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  17. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  18. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
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