Children’s Library Continuing Education Conference 2015
The Children’s Library Continuing Education Conference organized from 25th – 27th June 2015, at the Central Library of Goa by Bookworm Trust, Goa and supported by Tata Trusts is a professional development meeting that brings together groups that are working with Children’s Library from across states. As a culmination of a Library Educator’s Course; a […]
Libraries in Schools comes to Margao
Our presence in Margao has grown stronger with the welcome that Adarsh V V High School has showered upon the LiS program. Not only do the children await the weekly library class, we have a beautiful room, thanks to a timely investment by the Trustees and a hassle free time table thanks in no small […]
An evening of many firsts
Written by Meghna As part of my unplanned trip in Goa, one of the things I was going to do was spend time at Bookworm. I’ve done this before – sat in on Meetings, attended talks and volunteered at Jumble. And as with every other occasion, this time too, I was welcomed. We narrowed down […]
When Saras folded his way into our library
EIGHT library educators, obsessed with school lists, lending books in large quantities, setting grade wise objectives and gathering strength and energy for the academic year that will soon begin. Jewel rushed in to say, Saras is here. My group who are now so well expect the unexpected at Bookworm, looked bemused. I said, wait, we […]
Shopping WITH Bookworm
Written by Meghna I first visited Bookworm in 2011. Since then I have come to the library and the family on many occasions. Over time these visits have defined my experience of Goa – the character of the villages, the glory of the green trees, the serenity of some of the beaches, the beauty of […]
Stitching stories featured in NT Buzz
St. Inez Concert Day
It has been 2 years since our MOP site on the St. Inez Bandh began and the children have grown in many ways. We chose to have a concert for the community and the program emerged after much heated discussion and decision making over which songs to include, which story to dramatise, which reading to […]
Stitching Stories- Thread Narratives – Quilt Release
Corporation of The City of Panaji (CCP) in association with Bookworm concluded a summer of Thread Narratives at Garcia de Orta garden on 27th May 2015 at 5 PM. Bookworm’s summer Thread Narrative project this year was to gather a community under a common banner, or should I say quilt. Every Wednesday for the last […]
‘Walk About’ during summer camp
The Summer Camp was half way done and the third week ‘Walk About’ was upon us. The plan was to take the group of children out on excursions for the entire week. That was not all, the places had to have a link with a book from the library ( Bookworm’s strict and one and […]
I complete a year at Bookworm tomorrow
Written by Barkha On finishing my Post Graduation in Social Work I joined the development sector with the naïve conviction that it consisted of only people who were well meaning. Soon enough this conviction was busted and I realized the multiple shades of grey. I was unable to cope with the harshness of the real […]