Bookworm Trust

Reading in the park

A merry, merry way to start May May Day this year will ring out not with calls for help but with cries of excitement as children try to piece together the clues in an exciting mystery-solving game. ‘On the Trail of the Chhuchhunder’ is one of the Fundoo Fundas games devised by author and quizmaster […]

Story reading at Sapteshwar Higher Secondary School, Mandrem

We drove past colorful houses of blue and yellow and green, and mango orchards. The road snaked past sheds of local craftsmen, far and away from the hustle and bustle of Panjim. Bookworm was invited this time to hold the bookfair at Mandrem, the sleepy little village in the north of Goa. The principal Mr. […]

Class Act with Sethu

Our friend at Sethu, Nandu ( also known as Nandita:-)) , warmly agreed to the idea of enabling us to participate in a teacher training program called Class Act that is organised every year. We  know sufficient amounts now about our own work with reading, literacy and literature and feel compelled to share this. At […]

Book fair at Gurukul Academy School, Ponda

Blog post by our intern Karuna Chetna, Suhani and I set up a mini book fair of sorts for the parents and children of the Gurukul Academy School in Ponda. We had chosen to sell Indian publishers only, and among them were Bookworm Tulika, A & A, Katha, Jyotsna Prakshan, Pratham Books, Ekalavya and many […]

Threading out!

Today, I got all my cloth and thread out. I played with some colours and some backgrounds.  I cut an elephant and dressed him up a bit. It was all therapy. I am unsettled and parts of me are sad, and then the fabric does it magic.  As i looked for colours and textures that […]

Thread Narratives Invitation

Dear Needlecrafter, Greetings from Bookworm in 2013. We continue to push and dream that forms of language are all equally important for our creative selves and this year we would like to announce a Thread Narrative exploration through a favourite/ much inspired story. The creative rules are simple: 1. Think of a story – that […]