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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  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. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  10. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  11. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  12. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  13. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  14. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  15. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  18. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
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