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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. A chat with Polly Dunbar
    08:39
    A chat with Polly Dunbar
  3. Arthur wakes up
    04:49
    Arthur wakes up
  4. Arthur's brother
    04:51
    Arthur's brother
  5. Arthur's mum
    05:34
    Arthur's mum
  6. Arthur's sister
    04:20
    Arthur's sister
  7. Arthur's dad
    05:06
    Arthur's dad
  8. Arthur's Dream Boat
    08:27
    Arthur's Dream Boat
  9. Meeting the puppets
    00:44
    Meeting the puppets
  10. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  11. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  12. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  15. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  16. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  17. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  18. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  19. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
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