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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. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  8. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  9. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  10. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  11. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  12. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  13. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  14. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  15. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  16. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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