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Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
Writer and illustrator Catherine Rayner shares her top writing tips
  1. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  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. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  11. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  12. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  13. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  14. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  15. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  18. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
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