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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. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  14. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  15. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  16. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  17. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  18. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
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