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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. The Choosing
    03:14
    The Choosing
  3. From a Mouse
    04:19
    From a Mouse
  4. To a Mouse
    02:42
    To a Mouse
  5. Tam o' Shanter
    05:50
    Tam o' Shanter
  6. Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:10
    Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  7. More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:56
    More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  8. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  9. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  10. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  13. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  14. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  15. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  16. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  17. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
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