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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. Introducing Liz Pichon
    02:09
    Introducing Liz Pichon
  3. Tom Gates and his mates
    04:05
    Tom Gates and his mates
  4. Meet the Gates
    02:18
    Meet the Gates
  5. Through the keyhole
    01:18
    Through the keyhole
  6. Monster draw
    05:42
    Monster draw
  7. Reading
    03:48
    Reading
  8. Doodle with Liz
    09:19
    Doodle with Liz
  9. Questions
    06:13
    Questions
  10. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  11. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  12. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  13. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  14. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  15. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  16. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  17. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  18. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  19. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
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