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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  13. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  14. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  15. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  16. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  18. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  19. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  20. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  21. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
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