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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. Family matters
    03:43
    Family matters
  3. Tips for budding authors
    02:37
    Tips for budding authors
  4. Man reads out loud!
    07:10
    Man reads out loud!
  5. Pause for thought
    04:47
    Pause for thought
  6. Hamish and the Never People
    06:03
    Hamish and the Never People
  7. Question me silly!
    09:48
    Question me silly!
  8. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  9. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  10. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  11. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  12. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  13. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  14. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  15. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  16. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  17. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
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