Blogs The Good Book Corner interviews Payal Kapadia Payal Kapadia’s Wisha Wozzariter won the Crossword Award for Children’s Writing in 2013. It is also on the 101 Indian Children’s Books We Love! list. We loved Horrid High and this December the next in the series Horrid High: Back to 20 Nov 2015 • 4 min read
Blogs PlusMinus'n'More reviews Wisha Wozzariter Wisha Wozzariter by Payal Kapadia is two books in one. The first is the story of Wisha Wozzariter (Wish-I-was-a-writer), a ten-year old girl who wishes to become a writer. She hates good books more than a bad book because they make her sigh and 18 Dec 2014 • 1 min read
Horrid High New Asian Writing interviews Payal Kapadia Payal Kapadia studied English Literature at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. After studying Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago, she worked with Outlook in Mumbai and The Japan Times in Tokyo. Her debut novella, “Wisha Wozzariter,” won the Crossword Award for Children’s Writing 5 Sep 2014 • 7 min read
Interviews An interview with the talented Roger Dahl, illustrator of Wisha Wozzariter Earning a living as a cartoonist may be the stuff that childhood dreams are made of, but they seldom turn into reality. Roger Dahl is one of the fortunate few who have made the grade, and it all started in Tokyo. For over 20 25 Apr 2014 • 7 min read
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
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
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
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