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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. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  14. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  15. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  16. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  17. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  18. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  19. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  20. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  21. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
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