Masterclass | Charting One’s Own Path: A Masterclass on Writing Picture Book Biographies
Charting One’s Own Path: A Masterclass on Writing Picture Book Biographies In her lyrically written book, Meera Mukherjee: Breaking Moulds, award-winning author Vaishali Shroff tells the story of a woman sculptor who modernized the art of sculpting in India, by fusing her knowledge from the West with indigenous traditions, while in her first-person account Ganesh […]
Masterclass | Comic Strip Collective
Comic Strip Collective Workshop: Crafting Stories One Panel at a Time: Join our Comic Strip Collective Workshop to dive into the world of comic strip creation. This hands-on session will guide you through the fundamentals of crafting dynamic stories and characters within the unique format of comic strips. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a […]
Masterclass | Humour in Empowering Fiction
Humour in Empowering Fiction: Can we talk about democracy, the Constitution, rights, resistance, solidarity, people’s movements, gender, accessibility, diversity, the idea of India, and strike a chord with young people? Author Arundhati Venkatesh demonstrates how with her hilarious new book Petu Pumpkin Freedom Fighter: When games periods are cancelled and Petu and his friends unearth […]
Masterclass | Fairytales, with a Climate Twist
Fairytales, with a Climate Twist: What might Cinderella have said if she found herself confronting a climate crisis, without enough water to get by? Bijal Vachharajani and Rajiv Eipe’s book When Fairyland Lost Its Magic upturns conventional fairytales to locate them in a land facing a climate crisis. Create your own fantastical comic with a […]
Masterclass | Music and the Graphic Novel
Music and the Graphic Novel: Award-winning graphic novelist Nandita Basu speaks about her process crafting a story of love, loss, and the healing power of music, in her new book Starry, Starry Night. Use some of her starting points to help create a work of your own. Age: 13-18 Years 2-2.45 pm Room No. 103
Masterclass | Starting Up, and Adulting
Starting Up, and Adulting: Popular author Andaleeb Wajid tells the story of a young adult, aspiring to be a tech entrepreneur, as she negotiates her family and love life along the way, in The Henna Start-Up. Find out more about plotting stories for young adults that mirror authentic experiences. Age: 13-18 Years 2-2.45 pm Room […]
Masterclass | Middle School Capers
Middle School Capers: Popular author Divya Anand plots a middle-school mystery in Misfit Madhu. What are the ways in which she structures her story and follows her protagonist from one plot point to the next? What of this would you like to use in your own writing? Age: 9-12 Years 12-12.45 pm Room No. 107
Masterclass | The Long and Short of It
The Long and Short of It: How short should a short story be? Delve into the defining characteristics of the genre with award-winning author Chatura Rao. Use the time to outline what your own short story could be about. Age: 9-12 Years 12-12.45 pm Room No. 106
Masterclass | Making (Non)Sense
Making (Non)Sense: Acclaimed author Anushka Ravishankar has written a lot of nonsense verse and co-edited the book of Indian nonsense called The Tenth Rasa. She will talk to you about some tricks and techniques used by writers to create verse in the nonsense genre and help you to write your own nonsense tales. Age: 9-12 […]
Masterclass | Charting One’s Own Path
Charting One’s Own Path: A Masterclass on Writing Picture Book Biographies In her lyrically written book, Meera Mukherjee: Breaking Moulds, award-winning author Vaishali Shroff tells the story of a woman sculptor who modernized the art of sculpting in India, by fusing her knowledge from the West with indigenous traditions, while in her first-person account Ganesh […]