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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. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  8. School days
    03:57
    School days
  9. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  10. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  11. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  12. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  13. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  14. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  15. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  16. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
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