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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  10. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  11. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  12. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  13. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  14. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  15. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  16. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  17. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  18. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
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