Breaking, Building, and Belonging: My LEC Journey
Author: Jyoti Narayan When I stepped into the Library Educator’s Certificate (LEC) course, I expected to learn about running a library, organizing books, and engaging young readers. What I didn’t anticipate was how deeply it would challenge my understanding of reading, learning, and the very purpose of a library. More than just a space for […]
📚✨ 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 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 […]
Introduction to Libraries Workshop
by Rigzin Lhamo My perspective of Goa was limited to images of sun-soaked beaches and sizzling nightlife. It was firmly rooted in this outdated vision until I had the chance to attend the “Introduction to Libraries” workshop at Bookworm, this July. Little did I know that this trip would reshape my view of Goa but […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kids Cook!
I have always liked cooking and baking. However, when it was decided in the September of 2017 that I was to hold “Kids Cook”, a cooking class for children, I felt nervous and excited at the same time. I worried about how I was going to conduct this class, whether the children would like what they made, […]
Reading Lila’s Loose Tooth
It sat there upon the New Arrivals shelf in the library, not quite fitting between different sized books, slightly askew in its place and almost nudging itself to me. Lila’s Loose Tooth it read , by Mamata Nainy and Habib Ali. All new ! I was on the calendar to facilitate story time for our […]
Retreating into Books
Like many ideas, the Book Retreat emerged from a frustration. I was frustrated that a group of Editors at Pratham Books, one in particular whom I have followed from the side lines and whom I know to be intelligent, thoughtful, charming and determined could not see what I was pointing out about books in general […]
Writing Workshop at Chimbel
A three-day summer workshop was held for the children in Chimbel. When Terence asked me to do something for the seniors, I was quite hesitant. But he said he believed I could do it, and hence I took it up. I’ve always loved writing, and I decided to do a simple creative writing workshop with […]