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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  8. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  9. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  10. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  11. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  12. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  14. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  15. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  16. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
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