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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. School days
    03:57
    School days
  10. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  11. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  12. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  13. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  14. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  15. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  16. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  17. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  18. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
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    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
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