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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. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  10. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  11. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  12. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  13. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  15. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  16. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  17. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  18. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
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