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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. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  8. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  9. School days
    03:57
    School days
  10. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  11. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  12. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  13. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  14. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  15. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  16. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
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