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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. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  11. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  12. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  13. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  14. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  15. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  16. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  17. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  18. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  19. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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