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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. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  10. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  11. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  12. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  13. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  16. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  17. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  18. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
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