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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. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  10. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  11. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  12. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  13. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  14. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  15. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  16. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  17. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  18. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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