When Learning is Handcrafted…
Written by Lakshmi Karunakaran – LEC English 2018 participant I saw Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s aphorism ‘God is in the detail’ come alive as I walked into the LEC 2018 classroom in the St Joseph Vaz Spiritual Centre in Goa. The classroom itself had been converted into a children’s library, with shelves neatly lined […]
Sharing the LEC experience
Written by Sanchari Ray Chowdhury Glimpses of LEC (1st Contact) It has been a week since I am back from LEC and I have thought to share a chunk of my experience I have gathered in my first contact. Before going into the course I had apprehensions in my mind regarding the course. I was […]
Nayana Pai on Contact 1 of LEC English 2018
I experienced the ‘joy in reading out books’ first hand when I read them to my son in his early years. The curiosity that he displayed by seeing the pictures closely and posing questions as I read the text and turned the pages, made me realise what a special magic a picture book has, to […]
Torchlight Issue 5: Dedication Ad
For our next edition of Torchlight (Theme: Bookish Love), we are doing a story on the best dedications people have received in books given to them by friends/colleagues/loved ones. Maybe you had been looking for that book for the longest time and a bestie found it for you? Maybe you were adrift and the book […]
Torchlight Issue 5: Bookmark Ad
For lovers of books, almost everything can turn into a bookmark. For our upcoming issue of Torchlight, we’d like to feature some usual, unusual, funny, creative, ‘anything can be a bookmark’ bookmarks that you use in between those fascinating pages. SO DEAR READERS, PLEASE SHARE WITH US A PICTURE OF YOUR FAVOURITE BOOKMARK at torchlight@bookwormgoa.in […]
The Nightmare Factory – A Graphic Novel – Based on the stories of Thomas Ligotti
The Last Feast of Harlequin – By Stuart Moore, Illustrated by Colleen Doran Dream of a Mannikin – By Stuart Moore, Illustrated by Ben Templesmith Dr. Locrian’s Asylum – By Joe Harris, Illustrated by Ted McKeever Teatro Grottesco – By Joe Harris, Illustrated by Michael Gaydos A graphic novel is a story that is presented […]
Bringing back the library charm
Keeping pace with the times and the new ways in which people access content, a first-of-its-kind Library Educator’s Course was recently held to help librarians and practitioners to imagine the library as an open and vibrant space for children Most people growing up have had some sort of association with the library. There are some […]
Advancing development of library practitioners
NT KURIOCITY The ‘Parag’ initiative of Tata Trusts and Goa-based Bookworm Trust recently announced the successful conclusion of a first-of-its-kind Library Educator’s Course (LEC) for professional development of library practitioners. The event was presided over by Minister for Art and Culture Govind Gawde. A professional development course, the LEC has been developed by Tata Trusts, […]
Library Educator’s Course English 2017 – Closing Ceremony
Play and Performance have been significant parts of the Library Educator’s Course. The graduating batch of LEC 2017, English under the direction of Alia Sinha put up a closing performance of the LEC Course for the closing ceremony. The remarkable aspect of this performance is that it was co constructed and imagined by each and […]
For the joy of reading
Press feature: The Goa, 20th October 2017 In an attempt to underline the importance of good reading in the formative years, Tata Trusts in collaboration with Bookworm Trust (Goa) recently conducted a Library Educator’s Course in the state which witnessed the participation of 34 people from 11 different states. Amrita Patwardhan of Tata Trusts share […]