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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. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  10. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  11. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  12. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  13. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  14. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  17. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
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    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
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