Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  12. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  15. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  16. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  17. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  18. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  19. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  20. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
    21. Now playing
    Up next