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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  12. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  13. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  14. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  15. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  16. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  17. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  18. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
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