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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. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  8. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  9. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  10. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  11. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  12. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  13. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  14. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  15. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  16. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
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