What to look forward to at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2024
Team P3 is at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2024 as they share notes on what to expect. Purple Pencil Project is at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2024 for the third time this year. Amritesh and I have been busy the last few days preparing for it – going through the speaker’s list, highlighting the sessions […]
“Here is a story sitting to be told, a story with identity as the focal point.”- Rashmi Narzary
Team P3 is in conversation with author Rashmi Narzary where we talk about her latest book An Unfinished Search (Published by Pippa Rann Books) Rashmi Narzary is a dog-lover at heart, an author by passion, a creative writing mentor, and an independent editor. Her book His Share Of Sky was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Children’s Literature in 2016. Bloodstone: […]
14 Literary Awards in India 2023
Team P3 curates a list of literary awards 2023. Outside of the popular awards like the Jnanpith Award, JCB, and Sahitya Akademi, there are plenty more awards in India, both central and regional. In this article, we’re going to look at the several literary awards 2023 in Indian literature. List of Literary Awards 2023 Bala […]
My choice of subject in the historical fiction space emanates from characters more than it does from the period in question: Anurag Anand
Team P3 is in conversation with Anurag Anand, an artist and author who has recently released his latest work The Crimson Throne of Mahoba (Published by TreeShade Books) Anurag Anand is an Indian artist, corporate professional, and author, with several bestselling titles in the self-help, general fiction, and historical fiction genres. His corporate experience spans […]
The fascinating world of food stories with Saee Koranne-Khandekar, author of 4 books on food
Purple Pencil Project’s editor Prakruti Maniar caught up with author and culinary consultant Saee Koranne – Khandekar to talk about Indian food, food stories, how writing and food influence her, and much more. Read on. Your Instagram bio says food / poetry / prose. What came first? Has your relationship with prose/poetry influenced that with […]
The power of a good story remains unchanged: Lavanya Karthik
As a child, Lavanya Karthik spent all her time writing stories in her school notebooks and drawing the pictures to go with them. She is now a slightly older child, still making up stories and drawing pictures. You can find her wandering about the bylanes of Mumbai, nibbling on chocolate, chatting with street dogs and […]
Technology is just one more way to connect with the kids: Likla Lall
Likla writes for children of all ages. She has published with Art1st Books- look out for ‘Art is a Verb’, a fun take on grammar through art, and ‘Somnath Hore: Wounds’. She’s currently making her way back to a dance and movement practice. She’s one of the speakers at the Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival 2022, […]
Creating classics: Kayva Gokhale, creator at Amar Chitra Katha
Kayva Gokhale the junior sub-editor at the iconinc Amar Chitra Katha, is going to be at the Bookaroo Children’s Festival 2022 to be held in Vadodara from 19th to 20th November 2022. Her sessions include one on scripting for comics and another on fantastic folktales. Excerpts from an interview with the creator. Let’s talk a […]
Introducing reading to children with Vaishali Shroff
Vaishali Shroff is an award-winning children’s author, script writer, and columnist based in Mumbai. Her popular works include The Adventures of Padma and a Blue Dinosaur, Raindrops, Ari, The Missing Bat, The Strange Case of Nayantara, The Boy in the Dark Hole, There’s a Leopard in My House, among others. She will be participating at […]
Finding wonder in the everyday: Mala Kumar on writing for children
Mala Kumar is the author of over 40 picturebooks for children including Up the Mountains of India, Crazy Mazy Maths Puzzles, I Want that One, Paper Play, Happy Maths series, Rupaiya Paisa Series, Sir M Visvesvaraya: The Man Who Built Dams, Bridges and a Nation, among many others. She will be attending the Bookaroo Children’s […]
