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Bijal Vachharajani
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Picture book dreamer, children’s author. Climate worrier.
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Got a couple of slots available. Sign up to show some library love!
zigzackly.bsky.social Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · Feb 25
Kid-lit star author and editor @bijal.bsky.social will give you feedback on your picture-book manuscript for a ₹5000 donation.
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freelibsnet.bsky.social Free Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · Feb 14
This is no ordinary L💙VE!
Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL
@bijal.bsky.social is making an amazing offer.
So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate
OR
Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/
February 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Show some @freelibsnet.bsky.social love.
freelibsnet.bsky.social Free Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · Feb 14
This is no ordinary L💙VE!
Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL
@bijal.bsky.social is making an amazing offer.
So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate
OR
Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/
The image is a poster with several elements. On a [final colour] background, there are several elements of a flyer. There is a photograph of a person looking away from camera. Below that, the person’s name, and a description: Bijal Vachharajani Children's book author and editor Next to it is this text: For a donation of INR 5000, I will offer feedback on your picture book manuscript and a 20 minute Zoom call discussion. In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love. The image is a poster with several elements. One is a block of text which says: If you donate Rs 5000, I will offer feedback on your picture book manuscript and a 20 minute Zoom call discussion. I will be able to look at picture book manuscripts in English by the end of March and offer a critique and one call about the feedback. Next to it is a bio of the person making the offer: When Bijal Vachharajani is not reading a children’s book, she’s writing or editing one. She’s the author of multiple planet-friendly, award-winning books including A Cloud Called Bhura, Savi and the Memory Keeper and When Fairyland Lost Its Magic. One of India’s first climate writers for children, she’s a commissioning editor at Pratham Books where she dreams up diverse, multi-lingual picture books. Below that, a QR Code, and these words: To claim this offer (and view all the other offers), please scan this code, or go to https://www.fln.org.in/librarylove/ In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love. A block of text describes the work that the Free Libraries Network does: FLN is a collective of grassroots organisations and practitioners building, operating and advocating for free, anti-caste and feminist libraries that guarantee equal access to reading, learning and information resources for all. We work with governments, civil society, national and international library associations, publishers and literary groups and individuals, to create policy and implement free-library curricula and models, and to reform India’s public library system. Library Love (14–28 February) Our storyteller friends are making an array of generous offers in exchange for donations to FLN. Funds raised will go towards curating book sets for grassroots libraries, training library leaders, research and advocacy, and paying our team of educators, organisers, trainers, researchers and managers. Donations to Free Libraries Network FLN are exempt from tax under section 80G of the Income Tax Act (old regime). FLN can only accept donations within India and in Indian currency. In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love. The image is a poster with several elements. In large text at centre are these words: Our vision of a free library does not stop at delivering excellent library services to all. It must also be anti-caste, gender and disability-inclusive, and do the essential work of welcoming into reading and thinking, those who have been historically excluded. FLN asserts that free libraries are a matter of right. In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.
February 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Sumana Roy - fine-grained writer and thinker - in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social on etcetera: 'the sense of leftovers: lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-...
How Does the Writer Say Etcetera? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sumana Roy ponders the linguistic and aesthetic significance of “etceterization.”
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November 21, 2024 at 4:05 AM