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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  10. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  11. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  12. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  13. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  16. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  17. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  18. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
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