Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth

Katie Morag and Cbeebies

Ideas for stories

The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted

Questions from the audience

How to draw a cheetah

Ideas for books

Reading The Gruffalo in Scots

Questions from the audience

The main characters

Themes of books

What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?

Stories are people

The power of fantasy fiction

A first science fiction novel