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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. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  8. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  9. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  10. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  11. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  12. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  13. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  14. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  15. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  16. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
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