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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. The Choosing
    03:14
    The Choosing
  3. From a Mouse
    04:19
    From a Mouse
  4. To a Mouse
    02:42
    To a Mouse
  5. Tam o' Shanter
    05:50
    Tam o' Shanter
  6. Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:10
    Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  7. More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:56
    More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  8. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  9. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  10. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  11. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  12. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  13. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  14. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  15. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  16. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  17. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
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