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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  14. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  15. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  16. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  17. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  18. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  19. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  20. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  21. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  22. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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