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Reading from The Crossover
Author Kwame Alexander reads from his latest book, The Crossover.
  1. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  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. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  10. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  11. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  12. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  13. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  14. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  15. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  16. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  17. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  18. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
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