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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  12. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  13. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  14. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  15. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  16. 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?
  17. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  18. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  19. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  20. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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