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Themes of The Infinite
Patience talks about the themes and ideas in The Infinite.
  1. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  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
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  10. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  11. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  12. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  13. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  14. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  15. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  16. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  17. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  18. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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