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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  8. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  9. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  10. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  11. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  12. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  13. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  14. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  15. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  16. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
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