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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. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  8. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  9. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  10. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  11. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  12. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  13. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  14. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  15. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  16. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
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