Kunal Bajaj

Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival - UAE, 2014

Date: April 19, 2014, 7 PM Venue: Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, Sharjah Expo center, UAE Join me for a discussion on Folklore in the Age of the Internet at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, which will be held between April 15th and

23 Feb 2014 • 1 min read

Citation by the Jury for the Crossword Book Award 2013 for Children’s Writing

[quote] 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

23 Feb 2014 • 1 min read

Young India Books reviews Wisha Wozzariter

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

16 Feb 2014 • 1 min read

The Book Worm reviews Wisha Wozzariter

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 in Wisha Wozzariter by Payal Kapadia was the premise. It was

11 Feb 2014 • 3 min read

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

19 Jan 2014 • 1 min read

Saffron Tree reviews Wisha Wozzariter

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

8 Dec 2013 • 3 min read

The Hindu reviews Wisha Wozzariter: 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

3 Sep 2013 • 1 min read

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

8 Feb 2013 • 1 min read

AuthorTV.in video interview with Payal Kapadia at Bookaroo, 2012

24 Nov 2012 • 1 min read

Bookaroo

Bookaroo - New Delhi, 2012

Date: November 23-24, 2012 Venue: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Janpath, New Delhi, India

23 Nov 2012 • 1 min read

ingoodbooks.com reviews Wisha Wozzariter

Wisha Wozzariter by Payal Kapadia is a delightful read for all young ones and the older ones (like me) who still call Enid Blyton their favourite author; followed by Roald Dahl (who I discovered in my adulthood but quickly devoured most of his writings)

22 Aug 2012 • 1 min read

Interviews

The Afternoon interviews Payal Kapadia: ‘Wish’a good read

Dhriti Menon caught up with children’s fiction author, Payal Kapadia to talk about her latest novel ‘Wisha Wozzariter’ and her take on writing for children. ‘Wisha Wozzariter’ is a quirky story of a girl with a vivid imagination who yearns to be a

18 Jul 2012 • 3 min read

Interviews

The Japan Times interviews Payal Kapadia: Young writers, listen to the purple mouse of wisdom

Readers of The Japan Times may be familiar with Payal Kapadia, who wrote the children’s book-review column “On the Book Trail” from 2002 to 2008. Since then, Kapadia, has been writing children’s books herself, and last month, she

17 Jul 2012 • 3 min read

Femina reviews Wisha Wozzariter

This is the story of a girl who wished she was a writer. Her name was Wisha Wozzariter. She hated bad books, but there was something she hated even more: a good book. That’s because whenever she read a good book, she ended

11 Jul 2012 • 2 min read

Interviews

Time Out interviews Payal Kapadia: The new book takes a pint-sized writer on a zany journey

Payal Kapadia first began writing Wisha Wozzariter in 2005, on maternity leave from her former job at Outlook magazine. It was only last year that she was able to finish the tale of 10-year-old Wisha who wants to be a writer, cleverly incorporating the

6 Jul 2012 • 2 min read

Hindustan Times reviews Wisha Wozzariter: Wisha's no wishy-washy!

Wisha Wozzariter is a 10-year old with a self-explanatory name. She wants to pen a book someday, and thinks she could do better for every book she reads, but lacks the courage. So, trusting her unexpected friend, the Bookworm who pops out of book

14 Jun 2012 • 1 min read

India Today

India Today interviews Payal Kapadia

Beauty is: Being tuned in to how you feel on the inside, and not just to how you appear on the outside. What makes me feel beautiful: My children. Even when I’m in home gear and shuffling around with my hair scrunched

6 Jun 2012 • 1 min read

Businessworld reviews Wisha Wozzariter: Imagination Unchained

First things first – the cover is beautiful. It pops out, as it should. My first glimpse of the book was at a colleague’s desk that is perennially cluttered with, well, books, and empty water bottles. Among all those heavy 1,000-page tomes of

25 May 2012 • 1 min read

Businessworld

Businessworld interviews Payal Kapadia: "I Write in Confusion and Crisis"

In my personal story, a writer’s fear of failing is the greatest villain, says Payal Kapadia. Why this book? And why should a reader pick up this book? This is about the adventure of writing, about the thrill of the creative process.

23 May 2012 • 3 min read

The Hindu reviews Wisha Wozzariter: She wished she was a writer

In Payal Kapadia’s “Wisha Wozzariter”, a 10-year-old decides to pen a book. What follows is an entertaining quest for ideas and characters ‘I wish I was a writer,’ sighed Wisha. ‘Well, you are Wisha Wozzariter,’ said the Bookworm. ‘So I

23 May 2012 • 3 min read

DNA reviews Wisha Wozzariter: "The Write Way"

Ten-year-old Wisha loves to read. She doesn’t like bad books but she dislikes good books even more.Every single time she reads a good book,she sighs and thinks “Now that’s a book I could have written.” More

14 May 2012 • 1 min read