A YEAR LONG CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE FESTIVAL
NLF Imaginary Lines will draw and redraw our experiences through stories. The more our children read, the farther their minds will stretch and push against the fictitious boundaries we have set for ourselves. Whether you choose to draw the line or cross one, let’s throw each other a line, thus blurring the lines that divide us and forge those that connect us to one another.
Join us for a series of online events celebrating NLF Imaginary Lines which will be held digitally this year. Everything interesting is between the lines!
Author Spotlight
Neev Book Award 2021 Videos
Keynote Address by Ruskin Bond
Panel Discussion – Early Years
Books That Speak to Young Children
Panel Discussion – Emerging Readers
Growing Boundaries: Relationships, Neighborhoods, and Questions
Panel Discussion – Junior Readers
Distilling Myths, History, and Little-Known Realities
Panel Discussion – Young Adult
The Many Lives of Young Adults in the Past, the Present, and Beyond
Neev Book Award Announcement
PAST EVENT VIDEOS
NLF Reading Challenge 2021 for Junior Readers
Book Chat Videos
Grand Finale Quiz | NLF Reading Challenge 2021
June 30, 2021 | 5.00 pm IST
Author interaction with Anthony McGowan on the book Lark
June 29, 2021 | 5.30 pm IST
Author interaction with Jacqueline Woodson on the book Harbor Me
June 23, 2021 | 6.30 pm IST
Author interaction with Aftab Yousuf Shaikh on the book Letters to Ammi
June 21, 2021 | 5.30 pm IST
Author interaction with Joseph Bruchac on the book Two Roadse
May 28, 2021 | 9.30 am IST
Author interaction with Kate diCamillo on the book Beverly, Right Here
May 25, 2021 | 6.30 pm IST
Author interaction with Venita Coelho on the book All of Me
May 21, 2021 | 5.30 pm IST
Author interaction with Cordis Paldano on the book The Dwarf, the Girl, and the Holy Goat
May 14, 2021 | 6.00 pm
Author interaction with Frances Hardinge on the book Deeplight
May 8, 2021 | 4.00 pm IST
Author interaction with Nancy Springer on the book The Case of the Missing Marquess
May 7, 2021 | 5.30 pm IST
Author interaction with Jane De Suza on the book Flyaway Boy
April 30, 2021 | 4.00 pm IST
Author interaction with John Connolly on the book The Book of Lost Things
April 24, 2021 | 4.00 pm IST
Author interaction with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley on the book The War that Saved My Life
April 23, 2021 | 5.30 pm IST
Author interaction with Jewell Parker Rhodes on the book Ghost Boys
April 16, 2021 | 6.30 pm IST
Author interaction with Paro Anand on the book Being Gandhi
April 9, 2021 | 5.30 pm IST
Author Interaction with Ben Rothery on the Book Hidden Planet
April 2, 2021 | 5.30 pm IST
Author interaction with Linda Sue-Park on the book A Long Walk to Water
March 19, 2021 | 7.00 pm IST
Author interaction and QnA Session With Marc Aronson
March 12, 2021 | 6:00 – 6:30 pm IST
Author Interaction & Q&A on the book Unfair | Rasil Kaur Ahuja
19 February 2021 | 5.30 – 6.00 pm IST
Author Interaction & Q&A| Debasmita Dasgupta
12 February, 2021 | 5.30 – 6.00 pm IST
NLF Imaginary Lines Book Club with Elizabeth Stewart
Session 2: 28th October 2020 |
10.00-11.00 am IST (GMT +5.5)
Diversity in Children’s Books and the Representation of Different Childhoods
20th November 2020
05.00- 06.30 PM IST (GMT +5.5)
NLF Imaginary Lines Book Club with Elizabeth Stewart
Session 1: 20th November |
06.30-07.30 pm IST (GMT +5.5)
Keynote Rohini Nilekani
10th October 2020
10.00- 10.30 AM IST (GMT +5.5)
Panel Discussion 1
A Sense of Place in Picture Books
10th October 2020
10:40 – 11:10 AM IST (GMT+5.5)
Panel Discussion 2
The Reasons Why Young Readers Find Historical or Current Reality Captivating
10th October 2020
11:15 – 11:45 AM IST (GMT+5.5)
Panel Discussion 3
The Growing Complexity of Junior Readers in India
10th October 2020
10:40 – 11:10 AM IST (GMT+5.5)
Panel Discussion 4
The Reading of Young Adult Books in India
10th October 2020
11:15 – 11:45 AM IST (GMT +5.5)
Neev Book Award Announcement
10th October 2020
11:55 am – 12:30 PM IST (GMT+5.5)
NLF Imaginary Lines Book Club for Parents and Educators
Session 3: Sep 30 – Sujata Noronha (Early Literacy Specialist) 5.30 to 6.30 pm IST (GMT +5.5)
NLF Imaginary Lines Presents Expert Talk by Maryanne Wolf
Sept 26 | 9.30 – 10.30 am IST (GMT +5.5)
NLF Imaginary Lines Book Club for Parents and Educators
Session 2: Sep 23 – Katie Day (Children’s Literature Specialist) 5.30 to 6.30 pm IST (GMT +5.5)
NLF Imaginary Lines Book Club for Parents and Educators
Session 1: Sep 16 – Aruna Sankaranarayanan (Author / Psychologist) 5.30 to 6.30 pm IST (GMT +5.5)
NLF Imaginary Lines Book Club for Children
Veera Hiranandani
Session 2: Sept 11 | 5:30 pm- 6:00 pm IST
NLF Imaginary Lines Book Club for Children
Veera Hiranandani
Session 1: 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM IST
Panel Discussion
Partition: Memory and Memorialisation
15th August 2020
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM IST (10:30 am to 11:30 am GMT)
Baavre Mann ke Khayali Pulao
A performance of Lakeerein by Kapil Pandey, Storyteller and Author
15th August 2020
5:00 PM to 5:20 PM IST (11:30 am to 11:50 am GMT)
Panel Discussion
Peripheries: Boundaries on the Edge, Boundaries Within
15th August 2020
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM IST (12:00 pm to 1:00 pm GMT)