Becoming a Library Insider
Written by Ricardo Peres-da-Silva, Bookworm Intern I entered Bookworm Library on May 3, 2023, the first month of my two month Bookworm internship, as a complete outsider from library spaces. I really like to read books and work with children, but that’s about it. I didn’t know how to lead a session, or what a […]
Internal Professional Development: Experiences of the Bookworm Team
Compiled by Priya and Geeta As a part of professional development for the team, Sujata asked us what are some topics that we would like to know more about. We wrote up a list of topics which we wanted to understand in more detail. The training included six sessions scheduled across the month of May. […]
Fireworks in the Brain…
Written by Dharmaraju Kakani, LEC 2022 A while back if you were to ask me, about my thoughts on library, I might have made a combination of these statements: A place for books, where readers can access them Experts who run libraries know best what to stock in a library The act of discovery (and […]
Visual Arts in Pause Library – a Mental Health Based Community Library
Written by Pause Library (Pause for Perspective) team members Anuradha, Eera, Sahithi, Sammy, Shravani, and Vasavi Our team, the Pause Library Team at Pause for Perspective, joined Bookworm’s workshop in Visual Arts Practices in the Library as we felt it might offer a valuable deepening into our work. Mindfulness, bibliotherapy, and expressive arts therapy are […]
May 2023 at Bookworm
Written by Ela Rachel Roy, Bookworm Intern My journey with Bookworm first began in 2013 when my sister and I used to visit the Library in Taleigao, often to borrow books and spend our afternoons there. Another connection we had with Bookworm was their annual Jumble Sale, where we would sometimes volunteer too. A major […]
Redesign our website: Requesting proposals
Accepting proposals now for our WordPress based website redesign and development! Write to mail@bookwormgoa.in
Mentoring at LEC 2022: A Journey of Patience, Trust, and Respect
Written by Ria Banerjee, LEC 2022 The seven-month journey from accepting the invitation to mentor the LEC 2022 cohort to the act of listening to each of my mentees’ field project presentations passed by in a flash. It was an intense and emotional experience for me. Returning to LEC after four years to work closely […]
Banyan Tree Exhibition
Written by Sujata Noronha and Priya Naik Historically, embroidery has been considered an unobtrusive and reticent medium tied to the female and domestic domain and that may explain why needle and thread are essential tools in Bookworm’s library practice for close to two decades. However the Banyan Tree project that began almost ten years ago […]
What does it mean to be a librarian – My LEC Experience
Written by Deepti Ganesh, LEC 2022 While I was deciding on a career, my mother suggested librarianship based on my love for reading and keeping meticulous records of my extensive collection of books. At that time, I immediately dismissed the idea, not impressed by the picture of a librarian I held in my head. Like […]
A quick peek into my LEC journey!
Written by Tenzin Yangkey, LEC 2022 Being a language teacher, I have often felt the need for reading as the most important activity for young minds. I believe that reading is the core of every language skill and I have witnessed students’ rapid movement with language by building a strong reading foundation. I work at […]