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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  8. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  9. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  10. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  11. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  12. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  13. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  14. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  15. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  16. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
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