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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. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  9. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  10. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  11. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  12. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  13. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  16. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
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    08:10
    The importance of libraries
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