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She is an author, illustrator and a translator. Winner of Sahitya Akademi award(2014) and the recent Big  Little award award(2016), Ms Madhuri Purandhare,  shared some of her thoughts about writing for children. Since we didn’t want to waste the author’s precious time and duplicate any work which had already been done, we are sharing excerpts from Ms Purandhare’s two recent interviews and Sahitya Akademi speech. Excerpt 1 --- From Ms. Purandare's speech while accepting the Sahitya Akademi award: All of you have been writing for children with integrity and persistence. I don't have anything new or extraordinary to tell you. I have made some rules for myself when writing for children; I am going to try telling you something about these. - Whether it is writing, illustrating, or doing something else, anything for children must be done with care, seriousness as well as with joy. I must always be mindful that instead of doing something for children with just a se...

  School visits are becoming an essential part of the business of writing books for children. The role of the reading habit in education is gaining weight and more and more schools are inviting authors to interact with their students.   These visits provide an ideal opportunity for authors to engage directly with their audience. You can receive immediate feedback on your work or at least introduce it, if the children are not familiar with your writing.I have found that just an hour spent chatting with a group of lively youngsters can be extremely stimulating too. You do want to make it memorable for your audience. Toensure a pleasant and fruitful experience for yourself as well, the first step is to sort out the essential details when you get such an invitation from a school, your publisher or a bookseller. Such as: ·        School details—address, phone number and directions to get there ·        Age grou...

January is a busy season for authors before the kids have their annual  examinations. The Hindu Lit for Life 2017 www.thehindulfl.com   Date Author Event Timings  January 14 Andaleeb Wajib  The never ending story ever-5 to 8 years 10 am-11 am   Arefa  Tehsin Mysteries of nature(-9 to 12 years 2pm -3pm Vinayak Varma Crazy Characters(5-8 yrs) 2pm -3pm January 15   Arefa Tehsin  Snakes – friends or foe(9-12 yrs) 10 am -11 am Sandhya  Rao A Good Read – panel discussion 3.30pm-4.40 pm Kolkata litfest      2017 www.kolkatalitfest.in Date Author Event Timings 15.1.1 Anushka Ravishankar Monsters, Songsters and Much Such Madness 12.20 pm-12.50 pm Saraswathi Menon Unhappy Moon 1pm-1.30 ...

 Hello everyone! Please find the link to your new year gift - an ecalendar for 2017.   Kataba's calendar  Kataba epublishing is an offshoot of Kahani Takbak. Hope you like it.  Enjoy! Best Shyamala Shanmugasundaram www.kahanitakbak.com