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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. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  10. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  11. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  12. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  13. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  14. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  15. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  16. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  17. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
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