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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. Family matters
    03:43
    Family matters
  3. Tips for budding authors
    02:37
    Tips for budding authors
  4. Man reads out loud!
    07:10
    Man reads out loud!
  5. Pause for thought
    04:47
    Pause for thought
  6. Hamish and the Never People
    06:03
    Hamish and the Never People
  7. Question me silly!
    09:48
    Question me silly!
  8. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  9. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  10. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  11. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  12. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  13. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  14. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
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