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Introducing Wain
Rachel tells us about their verse collection, titled Wain.
  1. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  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. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  10. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  11. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  12. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  13. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  14. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  15. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  16. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  17. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  18. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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