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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 Andy
    01:55
    Introducing Andy
  3. Young Andy
    07:15
    Young Andy
  4. Reading
    06:53
    Reading
  5. Writing stories
    08:20
    Writing stories
  6. Q&A with Andy Stanton
    07:29
    Q&A with Andy Stanton
  7. More Q&A with Andy Stanton
    08:22
    More Q&A with Andy Stanton
  8. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  9. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  10. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  11. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  12. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  13. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  14. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  15. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  16. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  17. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
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