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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. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
    06:58
    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
  3. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
    07:01
    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
  4. He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
    04:21
    He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
  5. Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    03:29
    Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  6. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    04:27
    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  7. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    02:45
    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  8. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  9. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  10. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  11. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  12. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  13. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  14. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  15. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  16. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  17. Alastair’s influences
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    Alastair’s influences
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