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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. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  9. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  10. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  11. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  12. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  13. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  14. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  15. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  16. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  17. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
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