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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  10. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  11. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  12. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  13. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  14. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  15. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  16. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  17. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
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