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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. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  8. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  9. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  10. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  11. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  12. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  13. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  14. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  15. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  16. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
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