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Blog written by Jeet Kumari Rai I first came to know about Bookworm in 2023 during my LMS (Library Mentoring Support) course. As a part of the course, I attended a four-day workshop at the Bookworm library. Those four days introduced me to a space that felt very different from any library I had known […]
Blog written by Nimesh Ved (Book Club participant) Thursday evenings, 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm, some of us meet online to discuss the book we have read during the week gone by. Each of us have, of course, read the same chapter(s) from the same book. We are a part of Bookworm’s ‘Non Fiction Reading […]
Blog compiled by Madeeha Khan Watching a child fall in love with a story is special. Watching a parent share that love alongside them is even more so. That’s what the Libraries in Homes (HBL) Program has always been about for us. We send across books, play material, little prompts to get a story moving […]
The team at Bookworm wanted more programming for parents within the library, a call that came from years of home visits and interactions with adults who mediate children’s worlds. While we agree that libraries are trusted spaces, they aren’t privileged spaces when competing with school and tuition centres. The team felt strongly that unless parents […]
Written by Joanna Philip (Intern from Azim Premji University, Bangalore) As Mobile Outreach Program (MOP) facilitator, Sonali and I trekked down the road one sultry afternoon, a little girl peeked out from her home. She looked at Sonali, smiled and ran inside. Minutes later, she returned, cradling a small bottle of chilled water, shyly offering […]
Blog written by Sujata Noronha A few months ago, Melcom declared joyously that we had found a room in Moti Dongor. A community the Travelling Library has been serving. With the monsoons finding safe spaces to continue our library outreach becomes critical and I was delighted that a space was found, lease signed and security […]
Blog written by Ceneen Muzawar from Mobile Outreach Program Finding your true calling can happen in the most unexpected places even on a cricket pitch. My life changing journey with Bookworm in Goa started simply enough when a friend dragged me along to a Skill Training workshop. I soon realized that Bookworm isn’t just like […]
