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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. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  10. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  11. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  14. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  15. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  16. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  17. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  18. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
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