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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. Eoin's little brothers
    05:02
    Eoin's little brothers
  3. Getting revenge on his brothers
    04:15
    Getting revenge on his brothers
  4. Pee! Pee! Pee!
    06:20
    Pee! Pee! Pee!
  5. Magic moments
    09:47
    Magic moments
  6. Q&A with Eoin Colfer
    05:40
    Q&A with Eoin Colfer
  7. More Q&A with Eoin Colfer
    04:23
    More Q&A with Eoin Colfer
  8. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  9. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  10. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  11. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  12. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  13. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  14. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  15. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  16. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  17. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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