Audio & Video
The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
- The origins of 'Lads'
- Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
- Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
- Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
- Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
- Translating into Gaelic
- Discovering New Words
- Favourite Scots Words
- Daisy on the Outer Line
- Questions and Answers
- Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
- School days
- Ideas for books
- How did you plan the structure of the novel?
- Questions from schools
- Prez
- Creating a magical place
- There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2