Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
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 Andy
    01:55
    Introducing Andy
  3. Young Andy
    07:15
    Young Andy
  4. Reading
    06:53
    Reading
  5. Writing stories
    08:20
    Writing stories
  6. Q&A with Andy Stanton
    07:29
    Q&A with Andy Stanton
  7. More Q&A with Andy Stanton
    08:22
    More Q&A with Andy Stanton
  8. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  9. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  10. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  11. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  12. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  13. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  14. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  15. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  16. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  17. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
    18. Now playing
    Up next