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How Books Start
Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
  1. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  15. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  18. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  19. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  20. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  21. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
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