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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. Two of David's novels
    05:49
    Two of David's novels
  3. The local library
    06:12
    The local library
  4. Imagination
    04:48
    Imagination
  5. The power of words
    05:31
    The power of words
  6. Starting as a writer
    03:55
    Starting as a writer
  7. Q&A with David Almond
    05:15
    Q&A with David Almond
  8. More Q&A with David Almond
    06:48
    More Q&A with David Almond
  9. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  10. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  11. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  12. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  13. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  14. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  15. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  16. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  17. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  18. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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