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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. Family matters
    03:43
    Family matters
  3. Tips for budding authors
    02:37
    Tips for budding authors
  4. Man reads out loud!
    07:10
    Man reads out loud!
  5. Pause for thought
    04:47
    Pause for thought
  6. Hamish and the Never People
    06:03
    Hamish and the Never People
  7. Question me silly!
    09:48
    Question me silly!
  8. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  9. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  10. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  11. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  12. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  15. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  16. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  17. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
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