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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 James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  8. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  9. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  10. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  11. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  12. 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?
  13. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  14. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  15. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  16. More questions
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    More questions
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