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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  10. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  11. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  12. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  13. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  14. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  15. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  16. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  17. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  18. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
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