Blogs Goodbooks.in reviews Wisha Wozzariter Say the title of the book aloud and you have the gist of the story already. Wisha Wozzariter is a slim book that outlines the entire creative process of writing a story for young wannabe writers and those with an overload of imagination. The 23 Apr 2014 • 2 min read
Events & Appearances 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
Book Reviews 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
Blogs 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
Blogs 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
Events & Appearances 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
Blogs 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
Book Reviews 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
Events & Appearances 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
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
Blogs 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
Book Reviews 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
Book Reviews 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
Book Reviews 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
Book Reviews 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
Book Reviews 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
Events & Appearances Kala Ghoda Arts Festival - Mumbai, 2011 Date: Saturday, February 13, 2011, 12:00pm-1:00pm Venue: Kitab Khana, Fort, Mumbai Go on a quest with Mowgli and learn Colonel Hathi’s March as Rina Mehta and Payal Kapadia read out some brand new stories from The Untold Tales Of Jungle Book. 13 Feb 2011 • 1 min read