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Reading of The River
Tom reads his latest book, The River.
  1. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  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. The Great Storm Whale reading
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    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  11. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  12. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  13. Pets
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    Pets
  14. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  15. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. Birdspotting Quiz
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    Birdspotting Quiz
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    More questions
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