Bookworm April 2024 Calendar
Visual Arts in the Library
Any educator, whether they work in a school or another institution, must have encountered some reluctance within children when it comes to expression through art. The sentiment ‘I cannot draw!’ is easily expressed by children as young as 10 as well as adults. In my practice as a Visual Arts Educator, I too have encountered […]
Bookworm March 2024 Calendar
Another Encounter With Children
What is new you may ask about yet another encounter with children ? And you are perfectly correct in making this enquiry because haven’t I written and spoken enough about this ? Somehow it seems not. Somehow I am unable to shed the vestiges of the possibility that children impose upon my being when I […]
Bookworm February 2024 Calendar
The Library Team Reminisces… Looking Back at 2023
Written by the Library Team, Bookworm The library team at Bookworm is a small team who ensure that our libraries at Mala, Aldona and Saligao remain vibrant, accessible and engaging spaces. In this blog we look back at the calendar year 2023, traversing two fiscal and academic years. Captured here are voices of different team […]
Bookworm January 2024 Calendar
Bookworm December 2023 Calendar
BOOKWORM: A Library Redefined
Written by Shaina DCosta Did Suppandi ever get his dream job? And why was Eeyore always melancholic? We never found these answers. And that is what children’s literature does to you. It spellbinds that part of you, making your childhood the most Odyssean era of your life. A much-loved genre that still slithers through time […]
Connecting with The Owl House at the Library
By Harrison Amaral “You never really understand a person until You consider their point of view” ~Harper Lee On the 1st of September we had the Owl House Visit; they are a community service initiative that provides skill support to individuals and families with neurological differences. It was a warm evening, the sun was cheerful […]