Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
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. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  10. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  13. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  14. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  15. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  16. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  17. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  18. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
    19. Now playing
    Up next