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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  8. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  9. School days
    03:57
    School days
  10. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  11. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  12. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  13. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  14. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  15. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  16. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
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