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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. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  12. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  13. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  14. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  15. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  16. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  17. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  18. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  19. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  20. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
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