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A novel in verse
Dean tells us why he took the unusual step of writing his novel in verse.
  1. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  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. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  10. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  11. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  12. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  13. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  14. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  15. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  16. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  17. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  18. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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