Children’s Library unconference 2018
Written by Joanne Saldanha The excitement started in late December, when an email from Sujata bore news of the Children’s Library unConference 2018. Having absorbed, learnt and grown (at least that’s what I think!), so much during the Library Educators Course, it was absolutely a no-brainer to attend the unConference. A message went out on […]
My journey at Bookworm
I first came to know about Bookworm through Deepa – she said “Take Eli to Bookworm Library they run a really nice session for children on Saturday morning”. We had just moved to Goa and I was eager to get Eli to interact with other children. Eli did enjoy his PSM session but I think […]
Jumble GQ ( Giving Quotient )
Without children there would have been no library programs Without library programs there would have been no Bookworm Without Bookworm there would have been no Bookworm team Without Bookworm team there would have been no Jumble Sale Without the Jumble Sale there would have been no space hunting Without the […]
Bookworm Jumble Sale 2018: the place to be!
It seems to be a tradition for the library to be thrumming with a cauldron of high strung nerves, high end energy, combined with immense anticipation and excitement, during the month of January. The reason of course, being: the Jumble Sale. During this month, we are as likely to be bombarded by shouts and loud […]
An Interview with Sakshi Sunil Mayenkar
Q: When did you join Bookworm and in what role? SSM: I joined BW on the 31st of August 2015 as a library assistant supporting the LiS program. Q: Did you have any expectations when you joined and how have they changed? SSM : I wondered if I would be able to work because […]
Fiction in Non-fiction
By a random chance, I found myself reading two very interesting books at the same time, last week. I have never been able to read two books at the same time, for leisure. I don’t know why I felt it necessary to read both at the same time, but once I had started them, there […]
Memoirs in the Library
This year I have the joy of teaching a small group of young adults at the library. A group of five middle schoolers who are on the threshold of being swept into the undercurrent of literature and life. Being a group in an open program with an open educator, we have the freedom to choose […]
Books the theme of Memoirs
Sow an Act, reap a Habit
“Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words!” — A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 1943 We have a new space at Bethesda Life Centre. The room is open and spacious and devoid of furniture. No chairs, no benches, no tables; just the four walls and huge open windows. We sit on […]
My New Bookworm Chapter
Libraries are said to be a storehouse of energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve. I feel privileged to be a part of such an explorative world. As a student, I was not a bookworm but liked reading. And the challenge that appeared […]