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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. A chat with Polly Dunbar
    08:39
    A chat with Polly Dunbar
  3. Arthur wakes up
    04:49
    Arthur wakes up
  4. Arthur's brother
    04:51
    Arthur's brother
  5. Arthur's mum
    05:34
    Arthur's mum
  6. Arthur's sister
    04:20
    Arthur's sister
  7. Arthur's dad
    05:06
    Arthur's dad
  8. Arthur's Dream Boat
    08:27
    Arthur's Dream Boat
  9. Meeting the puppets
    00:44
    Meeting the puppets
  10. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  11. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  12. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  13. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  14. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  15. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  16. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  17. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  18. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  19. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
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