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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  10. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  11. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  12. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  13. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  16. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  18. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
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