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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. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  8. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  9. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  10. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  11. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  12. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  13. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  14. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  15. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  16. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
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