Bookworm February 2025 Calendar

📚✨ Exciting Opportunity for Aspiring Library Assistants! ✨📚

Are you passionate about books, children  libraries, and helping the children discover the joy of reading? Join our Skill Training Workshop for Library Assistants and take your first step towards building a career in the world of libraries!  Dates: 11th, 12th, and 13th February 2025  Timings: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM  Venue: Bookworm Library, Mala, Fontainhas, Panjim  Workshop […]

Exploring Belonging: Children’s responses to The Lost Thing

Belonging is something we all as humans experience. Exploring this theme with children led me to surprising and insightful revelations. Recently, I facilitated sessions at Vinay & Jean Kalgutkar Community Centre, Saligao and Aldona Institute Library & Alban and Aurora Couto Community Library, Aldona.  The session was titled ‘Story Exploration: The Lost Thing’, and together […]

Bookworm Holiday List 2025

Day Date Holiday Wednesday 1st January New Year Day Friday 14th March Holi Friday 18th April Good Friday Friday 6th June Eid – al – Adha Friday 15th August Independence Day Wednesday 27th August Ganesh Chaturthi Thursday 28th August Ganesh Chaturthi Thursday 2nd October Gandhi Jayanthi Monday 20th October Diwali Wednesday 3rd December Feast of […]

Bookworm January 2025 Calendar

Beyond the Shelves: My LMS Journey

Author: Phunchokla Bhutia Some experiences leave a deep mark on our hearts, changing how we think and  feel. Attending the four-day Library Mentoring and Support (LMS) workshop at  Bookworm Library in Goa was one such experience for me. As a representative of  DG Reading Room Resource and Education Foundation, a community library  situated in Dumigaon, […]

Exploring Books, Art and Creativity together – Rang Kaarwaan and Bookworm’s journey

Author: Rang Kaarwaan Team Rang Kaarwaan is a women-led theatre and arts-based organisation that identifies and nurtures intergenerational local leaders, guiding them through a transformative journey from awareness to advocacy. We create collaborative and exploratory spaces for community members to learn about themselves and shape community-driven solutions. Through theatre and arts, we create experiential learning […]

CELEBRATING ANOTHER DIFFERENT TALES BOOK

  November, 2024   “Can you come to a Consultation on the Different Tales books ?”    Within 48 hours I had rearranged two other meetings , a presentation, domestic arrangements, and found myself enroute to Hyderabad at the appointed hour – giddily poring over photos and notes from various note books , conversations with […]

Hiring Director for Bookworm

Job Description: Director Reports To: Board of Trustees & FounderLocation: GoaJob Type: Full-TimeSalary: Competitive salary based on experience About Bookworm Bookworm’s vision is to inspire and develop a love for reading as a way of life, nurturing humane engagement in everyone. We run six programmes: Libraries; Libraries in Schools; Professional Development; Mobile Outreach Programme; Visual […]

LMS से जुड़ने का सफ़र…

Written by Zeba and Muskan मैं ज़ेबा और मेरी साथी मुस्कान, हम दोनों मध्यप्रदेश, भोपाल शहर की अलग अलग बस्तियों में रहते हैं, और पहल संस्था के साथ जुड़कर सावित्री बाई फुले फ़ातिमा शेख पुस्तकालय संचालित करते हैं| नया बसेरा गंदी बस्ती और आरिफ़ नगर में |  हम दोनों की लाईब्रेरी मेंटोरींग सपोर्ट की यह […]