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Inspired by travelling
Abi describes her early life and how her travels have found their way into her writing
  1. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  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. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  10. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  11. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  12. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  13. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  16. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  17. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  18. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
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