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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  7. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  8. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  9. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  10. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  11. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  12. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  13. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  14. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  15. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
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