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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. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  12. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  13. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  14. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  17. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  18. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
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