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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?
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    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
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    The noise!
  6. The space
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  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?
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  16. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
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  17. Audience questions
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    Audience questions
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