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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. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  10. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  11. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  12. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  13. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  14. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  15. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  16. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  17. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  18. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
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