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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  8. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  9. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  10. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  11. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  12. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  13. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  14. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  15. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  16. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
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