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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 Liz Pichon
    02:09
    Introducing Liz Pichon
  3. Tom Gates and his mates
    04:05
    Tom Gates and his mates
  4. Meet the Gates
    02:18
    Meet the Gates
  5. Through the keyhole
    01:18
    Through the keyhole
  6. Monster draw
    05:42
    Monster draw
  7. Reading
    03:48
    Reading
  8. Doodle with Liz
    09:19
    Doodle with Liz
  9. Questions
    06:13
    Questions
  10. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  11. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  12. 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?
  13. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  14. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  15. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  16. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  17. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  18. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  19. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
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