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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  10. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  11. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  12. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  13. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  14. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  15. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  16. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  17. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  18. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
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