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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. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  15. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  16. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  17. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  18. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  19. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  20. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  21. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
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