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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. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  13. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  14. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  15. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  16. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  17. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  18. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  19. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  20. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  21. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
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