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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 Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  6. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  10. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  15. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  16. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  17. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  18. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  19. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  20. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  21. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  22. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  23. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
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