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Varsha Seshan

Book Spotting!

August 29, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Writing Tagged With: Dragonflies Jigsaws and Seashells, The Clockwalas Clues, The Story-Catcher, Today I Am

Reflecting on Reading on International Women’s Day

March 8, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: Books, Writing Tagged With: reading, Sisters at New Dawn, The Clockwalas Clues, The Prophecy of Rasphora, Today I Am

Bangalore 2020

January 28, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Bangalore is probably among my favourite cities in the world. I love the weather, I love the trees (even though so many have been cut), and most of all, I […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Bangalore, Bengaluru, Bharatanatyam, Champaca, Lightroom Bookstore, performance, Pratham Books, Today I Am

My Year in Writing

January 7, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Being a writer is never easy. Things take too long, and there’s little to show for it. Long silences, endless waiting and wondering, a general feeling of isolation … Yet, […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Dragonflies Jigsaws and Seashells, Making a Clone, poem, The Charm of Children's Literature, The Curious Reader, The Problem with Monster Stereotypes in Literature, The Prophecy of Rasphora, Today I Am, Using Pratham Books and StoryWeaver in School Libraries

Catching Up: Writing

October 1, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

On the writing front, things are moving slowly, as usual. I have lots of things in the air, waiting to become either concrete or virtual. In their own time. Older […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Dragonflies Jigsaws and Seashells, review, The Prophecy of Rasphora, The Story-Catcher, Today I Am

Today I Am … A Writer!

August 28, 2018 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

The worst thing about being a writer is not writer’s block. Not by a long stretch. The worst thing is all the waiting. Waiting for people to respond. Waiting for […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Mango Books, Middle Grade Book, Picture Book, Pratham Books, Scholastic Asian Book Award, Storyweaver, The Prophecy of Rasphora, Today I Am