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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. 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. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  14. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  15. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  16. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  17. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  18. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  19. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  20. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  21. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  22. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
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