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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. Beat the Calculator
    02:54
    Beat the Calculator
  3. 1089
    06:56
    1089
  4. Perfect pentagon
    04:14
    Perfect pentagon
  5. Fabulous flexagon
    02:05
    Fabulous flexagon
  6. Making Cubes
    05:26
    Making Cubes
  7. Prime number pizza
    04:24
    Prime number pizza
  8. Numerical masterclass
    03:20
    Numerical masterclass
  9. Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
    05:19
    Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
  10. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  11. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  12. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  13. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  16. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  17. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  18. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  19. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
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