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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  8. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  9. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  10. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  11. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  12. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  13. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  16. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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