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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. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  10. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  11. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  12. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  13. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  16. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  17. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  18. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
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