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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  8. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  9. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  10. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  11. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  12. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  13. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  14. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  15. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  16. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
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