Bookworm July 2023 Calendar
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 […]
Summer Fun in Saligao!
Summer vacations are a great time to explore deeper and longer creative sessions with children who get a much needed break from school, tuition classes, and homework during this time. The Visual Arts and the Library Programs at Bookworm collaborated this May to bring to the children in Saligao and beyond a fun filled bookish […]
Bookworm June 2023 Calendar
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 […]
Bookworm April 2023 Calendar
The Joy of Reading with Bookworm’s Long Distance Library Membership
Urvashi Nangia, an educator and parent based out of Mumbai, whose children aged 5 and 2 are members of Bookworm’s Long Distance Library Program, talks about her experience of discovering and re-discovering books with her children. We have been part of Bookworm’s long-distance library membership program for over a year now, and it has been […]
Bookworm March 2023 Calendar
Reading in the early years: Reading with N.
Written by Ana L. R. Book: A color of his own by Leo Lionni N was the only child for the preschool morning session (PSM). He was present at the last PSM too. N has a vast amount of vocabulary, especially for a 2 year old. So he is able to express himself and communicate […]