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Varsha Seshan

How to Rhyme without Reason

April 11, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!
Anushka Ravishankar, author of over 40 books for children, is conducting a workshop on writing nonsense verse! Looking forward to exploring the world of nonsense and learn how to write verse that makes no sense at all.

Tagged With: Anushka Ravishankar, creative writing, guest session, poetry

Writing Poetry

February 2, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve been conducting writing workshops for a long time, and if there’s one thing I love working with, it’s poetry. Nearly every writing programme I conduct begins with a poetry […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: creative writing, creative writing with children, online creative writing programme, online reading programme, online workshops for children, poetry

Creative Writing Workshops – Reflections and Resources

May 20, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I spend hours scouring the internet for creative writing resources. I love those hours, even though sometimes I find myself panicking. There are so many wonderful ideas out there! What […]

Filed Under: Resources, Workshops Tagged With: creative writing, creative writing with children, creative writing workshop, online creative writing programme, online workshops for children, poetry

My Year in Writing – 2020

January 9, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Chapter Book, Dragonflies Jigsaws and Seashells, Duckbill, How I Feel, Middle-Grade Fiction, Oxford University Press, Penguin Random House, poetry, Pratham Books, Scholastic, Sisters at New Dawn, The Clockwalas Clues, Young Zubaan

Reflections – Part 2

November 26, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the first series of reflections, written by children from my first batch of the creative writing programme. The idea of a reflective […]

Filed Under: Workshops, Writing Tagged With: creative writing, creative writing with children, creative writing workshop, poetry, Poetry Workshop

Nine Days of Spine Poetry

August 23, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve been fascinated by spine poetry for a while, but I’ve just been too lazy to try it out. A couple of weeks ago, I shed the laziness and began. […]

Filed Under: Books, Writing Tagged With: poem, poetry, spine poem, spine poetry

Working with Poetry

July 8, 2019 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

Many children write poetry. Rhyme is fun, having your poem published in the school magazine is even more fun. Teachers and parents encourage children to write poetry, which is good. […]

Filed Under: Resources, Workshops Tagged With: Books Meridian, creative writing workshop, poetry, Poetry Workshop, Shel Silverstein, workshops for children

I love limericks!

September 11, 2017 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Limericks are fun! Very often, during a short session on creative writing, we work with limericks. They’re good fun, sparking much conversation and laughter. Many, many children love limericks too […]

Filed Under: Children, Workshops Tagged With: creative writing, limerick, poetry, reading