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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. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  9. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  10. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  11. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  12. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  13. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  14. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  15. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
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