LEC Contact 2
It was already June and the Bookworm Team realized that LEC 2019 Contact 2 was just a month away! The Team huddled to plan, prepare and get ourselves and our Library ready to welcome the participants to Contact 2. Faculty prepared for their sessions and sent out reading and resources lists, Visiting Resource Persons were […]
The Enchanted Hour
The Enchanted Hour is a program we have only just begun to enter into with the Melwani Recreation Centre in Fontainhas, Panjim. But the feelings we are left with after a session appear to hold us into the month in a powerful way. As we sat down as a group to think about what we […]
Work Culture in a Library
‘This is a Library. Crossroads of civilization. Refuge of all the Arts, against the ravages of time. Armoury of Fearless Truth against whispering rumour. Incessant Trumpet of Trade. From this place, words may fly abroad, not to perish as digital waves, but fixed in time. Not corrupted by the hurrying hand, but verified in proof. […]
Book Talk with Young Adults
It began as a listing on our monthly calendar – Book Talk with Young Adults. For a library this must become a monthly offering but how do I gather these young adults ? Young adult reading is not often a social exercise and our reading culture is not always inclusive enough to welcome all readers […]
Jumble Sale- An adventure in reselling
Over the years, I have visited many sales, where I get mesmerized by all the stalls and the material which is put up for display. I usually end up buying many things even when I know that the price is exorbitant and there is no scope for a good bargain – we either buy at […]
For the love of reading: Strategies for librarians
Bookworm Events – February 2019
Books – My Support System
Sounds like such a cliché – doesn’t it? However clichéd it may sound it is the truth as far as I am concerned. Books have taken the position of a close friend in the past few years. More so since I joined Bookworm. I have been an avid reader if one may call me that […]
Series of Fortunate Events
2018 for Bookworm has been a year of many, many events. Some of which we engineer in our manic lets-make-a-difference kind of way and others have happened to us. In a conversation on our meeting-rug, there was a cloud of despondency around us. We had just experienced serious illness in one of our most loved […]
Bookshelf Travels
For the next issue of Torchlight, go look at your bookshelves and find the story of that book you borrowed but never returned… Send us your entry. And please share this widely, thank you.