Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
How Books Start
Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
  1. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  2. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  14. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  15. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  16. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  17. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  18. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  19. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  20. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  21. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  22. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    23. Now playing
    Up next