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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. Two of David's novels
    05:49
    Two of David's novels
  3. The local library
    06:12
    The local library
  4. Imagination
    04:48
    Imagination
  5. The power of words
    05:31
    The power of words
  6. Starting as a writer
    03:55
    Starting as a writer
  7. Q&A with David Almond
    05:15
    Q&A with David Almond
  8. More Q&A with David Almond
    06:48
    More Q&A with David Almond
  9. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  10. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  11. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  14. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  15. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  16. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  17. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  18. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
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