Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  10. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  11. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  12. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  13. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  14. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  15. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  16. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  17. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  18. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
    19. Now playing
    Up next
Trending Now