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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. Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
    12:12
    Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
  3. Hueys
    11:15
    Hueys
  4. Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
    09:47
    Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
  5. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  6. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  7. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  8. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  9. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  10. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  11. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  12. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
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