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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  10. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  11. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  12. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  13. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  14. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  15. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  16. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  17. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  18. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
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