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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. Family matters
    03:43
    Family matters
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  3. Tips for budding authors
    02:37
    Tips for budding authors
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  4. Man reads out loud!
    07:10
    Man reads out loud!
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  5. Pause for thought
    04:47
    Pause for thought
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  6. Hamish and the Never People
    06:03
    Hamish and the Never People
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  7. Question me silly!
    09:48
    Question me silly!
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  8. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  9. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  10. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  11. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  12. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  13. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  14. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  15. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  16. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  17. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
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