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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. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  10. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  11. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  12. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  13. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  14. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  15. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  16. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  17. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  18. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
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