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Early drawings
Catherine talks about her memories of drawing when she was young
  1. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  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. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  10. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  11. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  14. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  15. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  16. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  17. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  18. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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