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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. Family matters
    03:43
    Family matters
  3. Tips for budding authors
    02:37
    Tips for budding authors
  4. Man reads out loud!
    07:10
    Man reads out loud!
  5. Pause for thought
    04:47
    Pause for thought
  6. Hamish and the Never People
    06:03
    Hamish and the Never People
  7. Question me silly!
    09:48
    Question me silly!
  8. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  9. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  10. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  11. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  12. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  13. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  14. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  15. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  16. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
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