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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. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  10. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  11. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  12. School days
    03:57
    School days
  13. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  14. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  15. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  16. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  17. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  18. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
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