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Varsha Seshan

Dear Mr. Henshaw

May 5, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve said this dozens of times: I love epistolary novels. I made a video about a few favourites for World Post Day 2021, I love doing letter-writing activities at workshops, […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Beverly Cleary, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Dear Mr Henshaw, epistolary, Middle Grade Book, online reading programme, reading, review

The Diary as Story

December 6, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

In just a few weeks, yet another writing programme will come to an end! Yesterday was the third and last guest session of the season–a creative writing workshop with children’s […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: creative writing, creative writing with children, epistolary, online creative writing programme, online workshops for children, Sowmya Rajendran

November Reads

November 29, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Generally speaking, I read so little literature in translation! Just by chance, however, this month, I’ve read three books in translation. One was adapted from several Russian editions, one translated […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Andreas Steinhofel, Anja Tuckermann, books in translation, David Days Mona Nights, epistolary, Fredrik Backman, German, Gita Wolf, Hassan Zahreddine, Henning Koch, Leo Tolstoy, Little Girls Are Wiser Than Men, My Grandmother Sends Her Regards And Apologises, Picture Book, reading, review, Russian, Swedish, Tara Books