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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  14. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  15. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  16. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  18. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  19. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  20. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  21. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  22. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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