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Characters
Both authors agree that characters in their books can take on a life of their own
  1. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  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. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  10. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  11. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  12. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  13. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  14. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  15. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  16. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  17. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  18. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
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