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Discovering New Words
Catriona and James share their favourite Scots and Gaelic words.
  1. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  10. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  11. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  12. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  13. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  14. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  15. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  16. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  17. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  18. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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