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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. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  14. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  15. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  16. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  17. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  18. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  19. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  20. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  21. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  22. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
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