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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  10. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  11. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  12. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  13. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  14. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  15. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  16. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  17. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  18. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
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