Three years ago, to celebrate Friendship Day, I wrote about five times fictional friendships won my heart. For Friendship Day 2023, here’s a post about five fictional friendships I enjoyed […]
My Year in Writing: 2021
The year 2020 was such a boost to me as a writer! With a poem published by OUP, a picture book, a chapter book, a middle-grade book and a collection […]
Neev Literature Festival – Panel Discussion and Award Ceremony
The Clockwala’s Clues has been shortlisted for the Neev Book Award for Emerging Readers 2021! Join us for a panel discussion on ‘Growing Boundaries: Relationships, Neighbourhoods and Questions’.
This panel is part of a larger event – the announcement of the Neev Book Awards 2021. It begins with a keynote address by Ruskin Bond and ends with the award ceremony.
Book Spotting!
When my first book, The Story-Catcher, was published, we started playing a game. We would go to every bookstore in every city we visited and try to find a copy of […]
The Clockwala’s Clues – The Story Behind the Story
When I wrote of how Sisters at New Dawn and Dragonflies, Jigsaws and Seashells came into being, I had every intention of documenting the journey of each published book. So much for […]
Reflecting on Reading on International Women’s Day
A few years ago, I was invited to judge a ‘Come as a Character’ competition at Symbiosis International School, and it was good fun. I encountered all kinds of characters, […]
Happy Book News
On Saturday afternoon, the doorbell rang. It was a courier. For me. From Penguin Random House. When you receive an unexpected package, do you try to guess what it could […]
My Year in Writing – 2020
I’m beginning to write this post on a day when I received a miserable royalty report for one of my books for the year 2019-20. Yet, the year 2020 has […]