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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. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  10. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  11. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  12. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  13. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  14. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  15. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  16. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  17. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  18. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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