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Gil's bug hospital
Gill talks about how she cared for sick animals and insects in her childhood days.
  1. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  14. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  15. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  16. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  17. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  18. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  19. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  20. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  21. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  22. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
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