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A question about Charlie and Lola
Lauren explains the importance of childhood to her creative writing
  1. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  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. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  10. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  11. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  12. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  13. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  14. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  15. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  16. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  17. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  18. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
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