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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. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  8. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  9. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  10. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  11. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  12. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  14. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  15. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  16. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
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