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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. Who are you really?
    01:06
    Who are you really?
  3. Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
    07:50
    Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
  4. A picky question about zombies
    01:15
    A picky question about zombies
  5. What about Dad?
    02:22
    What about Dad?
  6. A dark question about the night
    01:01
    A dark question about the night
  7. Books into film
    01:23
    Books into film
  8. How about a Zombie rising?
    01:00
    How about a Zombie rising?
  9. A question of influence
    01:07
    A question of influence
  10. Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
    08:36
    Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
  11. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  12. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  13. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  14. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  15. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  16. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  17. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  18. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  19. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  20. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
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