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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. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
    06:58
    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
  3. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
    07:01
    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
  4. He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
    04:21
    He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
  5. Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    03:29
    Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  6. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    04:27
    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  7. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    02:45
    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  8. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  9. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  10. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  11. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  12. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  13. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  14. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  15. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  16. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  17. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
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