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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 Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  14. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  15. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  16. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  17. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  18. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  19. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  20. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  21. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  22. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
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