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February 23, 2014
Citation by the Jury for the Crossword Book Award 2013 for Children’s Writing
The drudgery, complexity and rigour of creative writing are not exactly the ingredients of a story. Rather than the basis of a storybook, and a children’s book at that, this material belongs squarely in the realm of textbooks. The genius of author Payal Kapadia and her pocket-sized creative writing storybook, Wisha Wozzariter, is the manner in which she has transformed such a drab subject into a wonderful, colourful, absorbing book.
Payal’s book is imaginative, creative and witty. It is one...
February 16, 2014
Young India Books
Wisha hated bad books, but she hated one thing even more: good ones. Good books always left her feeling she could do better if she were to write a book of her own. She’d put down a good book, sighing, ‘Now that’s a book I could have written.’
So this is Wisha’s problem – she wants to write books, the kind of books she hates to read because they make her wish that she had written it. But she does not know how and where to begin. That is, until she meets Bookworm, who is, well, a bookworm. He be...
February 10, 2014
The Book Worm (blog)
A few weeks back, my daughter took the book with her to the Kahaani Karnival held in Mumbai and got it signed by the author. One happy kid! 
What really got me interested inWisha Wozzariter by Payal Kapadiawas the premise. It was a very ‘realistic’ setting, especially as my daughter is a voracious reader herself and reads day in and day out, including most part of the night when she is awake. Also the fact that she wants to be a writer when she grows up and is already writing her own little s...
January 18, 2014
Jaipur Literature Festival – Jaipur, 2014
Date: January 19, 2014 at 2:15PM-3:15PM
Venue: Fort Samavad, Japiur Literature Festival
Award-winning children’s writer Payal Kapadia talks about the joys of reading and writing — and walks you through the adventure of telling your own story. So get on board the Thought Express and don’t forget to bring your Imagination with you.
For a full video of the event, please click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfLYLYQSi0o
December 8, 2013
Saffron Tree (blog)
When the crocus was announced this year, it sort of made me think of a book I just read, in a totally different light. We all undertake journeys, almost all the time. Children take the school bus and we go to work in different modes of transportation, we all walk to the park,market and such “mundane” trips are undertaken on a daily basis. Then, of course, we welcome holidays to get a break from this monotony and we go places, new or old. However, we often return – sooner or later – to the pla...
September 2, 2013
The Hindu – Write all you can
Follow Wisha as she travels to the Market Place to collect Ideas.
“Oh! I could have written this,” is what Wisha says when she finishes reading a book. Ten-year-old Wisha is a voracious reader and can read at anytime of the day. And though she hates bad books, good books irk her even more.
It is her tenth birthday that changes her life forever. Goaded by the inspiring green little bookworm who pops up to make her realise that she should stop talking and start writing Wisha goes on a whirlwind t...
February 7, 2013
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival – Mumbai, 2013
Date: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: Kitab Khana, Fort, Mumbai, India
Stop wishing and start writing in this story-telling workshop with author Payal Kapadia. Write well enough and you might win a chance to get your piece published! Be sure to pick up your own free activity kit based on the book!
November 23, 2012
November 22, 2012
Bookaroo – New Delhi, 2012
Date: November 23-24, 2012
Venue: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Janpath, New Delhi, India
