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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. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  15. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  16. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  17. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  18. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  19. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  20. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  21. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  22. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  23. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
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