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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. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  10. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  11. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  12. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  13. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  14. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  15. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  16. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  17. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  18. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
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