Bookworm Trust

Bookworm happens!!!

Written by Ajaa A TISS fellowship with Tata Trust, brought me to Bookworm and no doubt, being here is a big ‘Aha’ moment of the year. I admit not being a bookworm literally but here at Goa, I feel so much a Bookworm. This whole unlearning and learning amidst a team of energetic and warm […]

An evening of many firsts

Written by Meghna As part of my unplanned trip in Goa, one of the things I was going to do was spend time at Bookworm. I’ve done this before – sat in on Meetings, attended talks and volunteered at Jumble. And as with every other occasion, this time too, I was welcomed. We narrowed down […]

St. Inez Concert Day

It has been 2 years since our MOP site on the St. Inez Bandh began and the children have grown in many ways.  We chose to have a concert for the community and the program emerged after much heated discussion and decision making over which songs to include, which story to dramatise, which reading to […]

The Experience @ Bookworm, From Our Eyes

Written by Interns from Parvatibai Chowgule College When I think of the opportunity given to me by the Internship Training Program (ITP) started by my college, Parvatibai Chowgule College, to be an intern at Bookworm, I think of my experience as an odyssey. It was termed for only a month, but it seemed longer, probably […]

Working Full Time In Bookworm

Written by Melcom When I joined bookworm, I started as a part- MOP (Mobile Outreach Programme) volunteer and also was doing my Master degree in Goa University simultaneously. In this tenure as a volunteer, I learnt so many things which I was not even aware off. As a volunteer I got an opportunity to meet […]

Goodbye Miss Jessica

Written by Jessica Out of all the things I have undertaken to assist with at BW in my time visiting, I must say that being given the opportunity to run a session at MOP has been a true highlight. One evening, Sujata and I turned up at Cacra. It was Good Friday, and all the […]

Summer Slides & Sea Saws

Research on reading achievement informs us that there is a significant loss of literacy during summer, impacting lower socio economic groups more than others, due to the presence of literacy resources and literacy engagement in the environment. Library programs rev up for the summer in serious attempts to combat this slide and at Bookworm, we […]

The Talking Bird

Talking is big at Bookworm and context often determines our choices of books. Barkha who works at Bookworm and talks too, brings bits of Kolkata to us every few months on her trips home.So​,​ slowly our space has terracotta artefacts, we all own exquisite ​’​tant​’​ sarees, have gorged on ‘mishti doi’, got a group of […]

My Bookworm Inspiration

Written by Melcom When I joined bookworm, I was not perfect in my work. Indeed I used to make many mistakes in my work. I was really lost at times and not so disciplined in my work. But it is after meeting people like Sheena de Mello and Priya Naik at Bookworm, things began to […]