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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  13. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  14. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  15. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  16. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  17. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  18. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  19. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  20. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  21. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
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