Audio & Video
How Books Start
Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
- How Books Start
- Two of David's novels
- The local library
- Imagination
- The power of words
- Starting as a writer
- Q&A with David Almond
- More Q&A with David Almond
- Introducing us to new historical figures
- Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
- The World of the Crossing
- What's Sputnik up to?
- Questions from the audience
- Crackledawn
- The origins of 'Lads'
- Reading from The Infinite
- A question from Freya.
- Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life

















