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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. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  8. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  9. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  10. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  11. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  12. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  13. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  14. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  15. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  16. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
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