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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Lit Fests Tagged With: AFCC, AFCC 2018, Dragonflies Jigsaws and Seashells, Red Eyes, SABA, SABA 2018, Scholastic Asian Book Award, shortlist