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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. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  6. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  7. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  10. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  11. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  12. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  13. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  14. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
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