Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
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. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  10. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  11. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  12. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  13. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  14. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  15. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  16. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  18. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    19. Now playing
    Up next