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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. Introducing Liz Pichon
    02:09
    Introducing Liz Pichon
  3. Tom Gates and his mates
    04:05
    Tom Gates and his mates
  4. Meet the Gates
    02:18
    Meet the Gates
  5. Through the keyhole
    01:18
    Through the keyhole
  6. Monster draw
    05:42
    Monster draw
  7. Reading
    03:48
    Reading
  8. Doodle with Liz
    09:19
    Doodle with Liz
  9. Questions
    06:13
    Questions
  10. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  11. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  12. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  13. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  14. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  15. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  16. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  17. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  18. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  19. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
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