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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 Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  7. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  8. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  9. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  10. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  11. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  12. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  13. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  14. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
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