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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  13. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  14. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  15. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  16. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  17. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  18. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  19. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  20. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  21. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
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