Of Pages and Books; of Pen and Ink
Open me a book and carry me into its reaches, whisk and frisk deep into its words that dance in front of my eyes, swirling and twirling into images, reassuring, questioning, soothing and enlightening, trailing sparks of nuances that cling to memory long after the page is turned. By books we escape, by books we […]
Join a GlobalGiving Workshop on ‘Online Fundraising’ in Goa!
Hello, Interested in learning more about online fundraising and getting your organisation started with crowdfunding? Join me, Kavita Mathew, GlobalGiving’s India Partnerships Consultant, for an in-person, half -day, to discuss: Running a successful Crowdfunding campaign; Social media tips, developing amazing content, excelling at building donor relationships; Using GlobalGiving to boost your fundraising and outreach success! […]
Booktalking with technology
I met the students and faculty of Hongirana School for Excellence on a Library Audit visit late last year. Hongirana School is situated close to Sagar town and has the biodiversity of the Western Ghats with the school surrounded by nature. Within this school, rests a beautiful library building that our team had the joy […]
Bookworm Jumble Sale 2017
Block Your Date For Library UnConference
Bookworm Events Calendar – February 2017
You can view the calendar here or alternatively, see the event listing online at http://bookwormgoa.in/events
Oliver Jeffers
Oliver Jeffers. Does the name sound familiar? No? Maybe not to all but maybe familiar to children and adults who are addicted to reading all kinds of picture books. I was introduced to Oliver Jeffers in the library quite accidentally one day almost a year ago when I pulled out a book called ‘Stuck’. It […]
Sherlock Holmes: Books V/S Celluloid
My first experience with the maverick detective was as a pre-pubescent when our teacher showed us one of the old classic Sherlock Holmes movies. I remember being very fascinated by his mannerisms and how he solved the mystery, even though I was too young to understand deductive logic. Many years later, I received one of […]
An invitation to Dialogue this Saturday with Radha Gopalan
Dialoguing around Water “…water that is everywhere before it is somewhere; water that is in rain before it is in rivers, soaks before it flows, spreads before it gathers, blurs before it clarifies; water that is ephemeral, transient, uncertain, interstitial, chaotic, omnipresent….” Design in the Terrain of Water by Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha […]
LEC English 2017
The Library Educator’s Course is a Professional Development Certificate course developed by Parag, an initiative of Tata Trusts and being offered in English for the first time by Bookworm Trust, Goa in 2017.