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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. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  11. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  12. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  13. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  18. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  19. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
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