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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. Two of David's novels
    05:49
    Two of David's novels
  3. The local library
    06:12
    The local library
  4. Imagination
    04:48
    Imagination
  5. The power of words
    05:31
    The power of words
  6. Starting as a writer
    03:55
    Starting as a writer
  7. Q&A with David Almond
    05:15
    Q&A with David Almond
  8. More Q&A with David Almond
    06:48
    More Q&A with David Almond
  9. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  10. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  11. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  12. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  13. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  14. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  15. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  16. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  17. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  18. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
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