Critical Conversations: Looking at Children’s Literature in Marathi

As a community of Library Educators our growing responsibility is to facilitate the exchange and engagement of books with readers. For this we need to be deeply and intimately involve with the Collection in the library which will enable us to have conversations with readers to provoke thinking and feeling. This as we know is […]
Library Mentoring Pilot 2024: A Shared Context For Learning

Earlier this year(2025), Bookworm launched the Alums Mentoring Program – an attempt to build, foster and sustain a community of librarians so that library practices grow and deepen. Like all our programs, this one too birthed because of a felt need on ground, at Bookworm libraries. In 2024, our libraries in Goa were expanding and […]
A Year of Library Travel

Recently, a friend sent me a photograph of a note I had written to her over two decades ago. Overly dramatic and despondent, I complain how my education has alienated me from my immediate world. I end my note with the lines, “I only have a vague idea of who I want to be and […]
When the library screened ‘Chaityabhumi’

Somnath Waghmare’s film, Chaityabhumi, had been popping up on my social media feed for some months. I often paused and eyed the blue-tinged poster with curiosity. I had been piecing together bits of information from a dozen tweets – the documentary film was screened at Columbia University; Somnath was a research scholar at TISS, Mumbai; […]
Bookworm January 2024 Calendar
A Dialogue on Thinking, Reading and Reflecting for Children with Dr. Sundar Sarukkai | online professional development programs

A Dialogue on Thinking, Reading and Reflecting for Children with Dr. Sundar Sarukkai Tuesday, February 20th 2024 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Registration Fee: 1000 INR We request you to make the payment to confirm your registration. The details for the same are as below: Bank Name: HDFC Bank Address: T.R. Residency […]
Climate Proof Libraries in the Age of the Anthropocene with Bijal Vachharajani | online professional development programs

Climate Proof Libraries in the Age of the Anthropocene with Bijal Vachharajani Friday, March 22nd 2024 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Registration Fee: 1000 INR We request you to make the payment to confirm your registration. The details for the same are as below: Bank Name: HDFC Bank Address: T.R. Residency Building, Taleigao Market […]
Book Discussions in Middle School with Usha Mukunda | online professional development programs

Book Discussions in Middle School with Usha Mukunda Friday, January 19th 2024 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Registration Fee: 1000 INR Special Offers Group Discounts Register up to 3 participants from one organisation at Rs.2500/- per session Special Offer Register 1 participant for ALL three sessions and receive 3 books FREE (Offer Valid Only Till […]
Bookworm December 2023 Calendar

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