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Favourite book
What are Alastair's favourite books?
  1. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  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. School days
    03:57
    School days
  10. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  11. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  12. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  15. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  16. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  17. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  18. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
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