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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  8. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  9. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  10. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  11. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  14. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  15. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  16. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
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