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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  8. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  9. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  10. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  11. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  12. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  13. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  14. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  15. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  16. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
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