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Varsha Seshan

The Story-Catcher – Kindle Edition!

March 16, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

After three years of good old paperback sales, we now have an e-book! For all those who said you did not buy the hard copy, here’s your chance!    

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Christmas Reading

November 29, 2014 by Varsha Seshan 3 Comments

Fills my heart with joy …

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The Story-Catcher in Gangtok

September 3, 2014 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

Ebbani from Rey Valley International School was the first to arrive. “Thirteen more children are coming,” she informed me. I was anxious, anxious enough to have considered (night before last) cancelling the whole thing. I had never dealt with such young children before, and the children from Rey Valley who were coming to Rachna Books […]

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Day One: Storytelling Workshop

August 26, 2014 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Children aged between five and eight are such an enthusiastic and energetic bunch! I enjoyed myself thoroughly telling them three more stories, one of which was “The Little Corner Shop” from The Story-Catcher. It is so heartwarming when children fall in love with a story that is your own! Coming up: Storytelling Workshop – Day […]

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The Macmillan Book Review Contest on Rivokids

June 3, 2014 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Why are there no reviews of Indian books for the Macmillan Book Review Contest yet? This is true for all the age-groups! Do invite children in the age-group 10-15 to review The Story-Catcher; the carrot dangling at the end of the stick is a Macmillan book hamper! Last date for entries is the 30th of […]

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Author Interview!

May 24, 2014 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The Story-Catcher was the second runner-up for the “Parents and Kids Choice Awards 2014” for Books (Indian authors) in the age-group 10-15. TeamRivo interviewed me – read the interview on rivoblog!

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The Story-Catcher in 2013

January 5, 2014 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

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Reading Workshop

September 6, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I spoke to Ms Sugandhi from the British Library last Sunday, and she said that 11 children had already registered! There are just 20 seats in all; now is the time!

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Available worldwide!

August 29, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Just discovered that The Story-Catcher is not available just in India and the US! It’s available in the UK too! (And perhaps elsewhere in the world that I have not discovered yet!)

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Book-Reading at Crossword, Mulund!

May 19, 2013 by Varsha Seshan 3 Comments

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The Dictionary at School

March 31, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

  The portion for the exams has been completed; students are fed up with revision. So, a colleague of mine decided to do something different – she read out a story from The Story-Catcher. I was thrilled! This reading went one step further than ‘I loved your story’ and ‘nice story’ and ‘I like the story […]

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More Readers?

March 15, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I, Varsha Seshan, author of The Story-Catcher and English teacher at your school… … donated two books to Vishwashanti Gurukul library. One for the primary school library and one for the whole school. I also spoke to the principal about the way I’ve done readings in the past at St. Mary’s, and she seemed interested. At the […]

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Will I ever call it junk?

February 28, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

How do teachers throw away cards they receive? The children I read to gave me so many cards. Some were beautiful; some were thoughtful; some were sweet. How can I throw any away? Just a sample of those gems…                    THANK-YOU FOR SHARING SO MANY THINGS I LOVED […]

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Book-Reading – A Different One

February 21, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

An acquaintance who is part of the Teach for India programme asked whether I would be willing to come to a small government school in Chandannagar and talk about my book, about writing and about dance. I was tremendously excited by the prospect, and agreed immediately. When I got there, though,  I realised how different […]

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The Circus Boy

February 7, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I did two more book-readings yesterday – The Circus Boy and The Old Yellow Scooter. The reactions were completely different! Children never stop surprising me. The first reading (The Dictionary) was wonderful – I got questions about reading, writing, publishing, drawing… The second reading (Dreams) was strange – I wondered whether the girls understood the story at […]

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Why I Write for Children

February 5, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

My first reading at St. Mary’s school yesterday told me, yet again, why I love writing for children. The number of questions they asked me and the way they interacted with me for a whole hour was simply wonderful. Writing, editing, publishing, marketing, illustrating and designing – they had questions about all these things. They […]

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Thank you, Santa!

January 9, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I went to my old school to meet my librarian and give her a copy of The Story-Catcher. She still had the book in her hand about half an hour later when children from class III were lining up to go into the library. One excited girl saw the book and exclaimed, “That’s The Story-Catcher, isn’t […]

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