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Themes of The Infinite
Patience talks about the themes and ideas in The Infinite.
  1. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  13. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  14. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  15. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  16. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  17. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  18. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  19. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  20. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  21. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
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