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Varsha Seshan

History Mysteries: The Last Tiger

November 1, 2018 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The Last Tiger broke my heart. The thylacine – what a wonderful, curious animal. A pouched dog with a wolf’s face. A dog with stripes. The Tasmanian tiger. At the Asian Festival of Children’s Content last month, I attended a talk by the history hunter, Mark Greenwood. It was a talk that filled me up. His […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: AFCC 2018, History Mysteries, reading, review, The Last Tiger

Special Events: AFCC 2018

September 21, 2018 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Pop-up reading The pop-up reading at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content is a fun event organised by Denise Tan of Closetful of Books. Authors who are willing to brave the chaos of the book fair read out a short excerpt of one of their books. Though I had not registered for this in advance, […]

Filed Under: Lit Fests Tagged With: AFCC 2018, SABA 2018, Scholastic Asian Book Award, Singapore Night

Reflections: Days Two and Three at AFCC 2018

September 20, 2018 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

On day two, I attended a session called ‘Rhyming Round Reading’, which touched upon ideas that I use all the time at workshops on reading: rhyme. Focussing on a book titled Rhyming Round Singapore, the session had a lot to offer even to non-Singaporeans like me, primarily because of the concepts behind the book. How many […]

Filed Under: Lit Fests Tagged With: AFCC 2018, Linda Gan, The Last Tiger

Reflections: Day One of AFCC 2018

September 19, 2018 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

AFCC 2018 was a bit of a whirlwind experience for me. For one, with work commitments that I could not break, I got to Singapore only on the day that the festival was to begin. So, sleep-deprived but fuelled by adrenalin, I arrived at the National Library Board after the keynote had begun. Exhaustion took […]

Filed Under: Lit Fests Tagged With: AFCC 2018, Sarah Mounsey, Srividhya Venkat

Back from AFCC 2018

September 18, 2018 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Four years ago, I had not heard of the Asian Festival of Children’s Content. I did not know that Singapore’s National Library had 16 floors of books. And then, I was shortlisted for the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2016, which was momentous enough for me to buy a festival pass and attend my first AFCC. […]

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