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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. Two of David's novels
    05:49
    Two of David's novels
  3. The local library
    06:12
    The local library
  4. Imagination
    04:48
    Imagination
  5. The power of words
    05:31
    The power of words
  6. Starting as a writer
    03:55
    Starting as a writer
  7. Q&A with David Almond
    05:15
    Q&A with David Almond
  8. More Q&A with David Almond
    06:48
    More Q&A with David Almond
  9. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  10. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  11. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  14. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  15. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  16. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  17. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
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