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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. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  8. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  9. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  10. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  11. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  12. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  13. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  14. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  15. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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