Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Characters
Both authors agree that characters in their books can take on a life of their own
  1. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  2. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  8. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  9. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  10. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  11. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  12. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  13. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  14. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  15. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  16. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
    17. Now playing
    Up next