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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. Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
    12:12
    Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
  3. Hueys
    11:15
    Hueys
  4. Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
    09:47
    Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
  5. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  6. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  7. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  8. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  9. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  10. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  11. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  12. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  13. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  14. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
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