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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. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  10. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  11. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  12. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  13. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  14. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  15. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  16. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  17. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  18. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
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