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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. Introducing Liz Pichon
    02:09
    Introducing Liz Pichon
  3. Tom Gates and his mates
    04:05
    Tom Gates and his mates
  4. Meet the Gates
    02:18
    Meet the Gates
  5. Through the keyhole
    01:18
    Through the keyhole
  6. Monster draw
    05:42
    Monster draw
  7. Reading
    03:48
    Reading
  8. Doodle with Liz
    09:19
    Doodle with Liz
  9. Questions
    06:13
    Questions
  10. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  11. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  12. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  13. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  14. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  15. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  16. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  17. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  18. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  19. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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