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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  8. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  9. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  10. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  11. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  12. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  13. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  14. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  15. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  16. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
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