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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 Choosing
    03:14
    The Choosing
  3. From a Mouse
    04:19
    From a Mouse
  4. To a Mouse
    02:42
    To a Mouse
  5. Tam o' Shanter
    05:50
    Tam o' Shanter
  6. Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:10
    Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  7. More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:56
    More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  8. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  9. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  10. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  11. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  12. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  13. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  16. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  17. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
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