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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. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
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    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
  3. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
    07:01
    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
  4. He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
    04:21
    He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
  5. Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    03:29
    Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  6. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
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    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  7. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
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    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  8. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  9. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  10. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  11. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  12. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  13. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  14. Writing Fiction
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    Writing Fiction
  15. Reading from The Crossover
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    Reading from The Crossover
  16. More questions
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    More questions
  17. Schools questions
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    Schools questions
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