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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. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  10. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  11. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  12. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  13. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  14. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  15. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  16. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  17. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  18. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
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