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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  10. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  11. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  12. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  13. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  14. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  15. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  16. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  17. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  18. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
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