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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. The Choosing
    03:14
    The Choosing
  3. From a Mouse
    04:19
    From a Mouse
  4. To a Mouse
    02:42
    To a Mouse
  5. Tam o' Shanter
    05:50
    Tam o' Shanter
  6. Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:10
    Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  7. More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:56
    More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  8. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  9. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  10. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  11. 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?
  12. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  13. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  14. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  15. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  16. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  17. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
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