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Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
Alastair talks about his writing and gives some advice to aspiring writers.
  1. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  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. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  12. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  13. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  14. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  15. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  16. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  17. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  18. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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