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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. 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. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  10. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  11. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  12. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  13. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  14. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  15. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  16. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  17. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  18. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
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