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Inspired by travelling
Abi describes her early life and how her travels have found their way into her writing
  1. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  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 schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  10. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  11. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  12. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  13. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  14. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  15. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  16. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  17. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  18. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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