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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  10. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  11. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  12. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  13. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  14. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  15. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  16. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  17. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  18. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
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