2-day literary bonanza lined up for city children on December 14, 15

CHANDIGARH: With plethora of sessions on storytelling, creative writing, art and craft, poetry, dramatized readings and much more, the 5th Edition of Chandigarh Children’s Literature Festival (CCLF 2017) promises to be a real treat for children.
Dikshant School, in association with Adab Foundation, is bringing top Children’s literature authors, illustrators and story tellers from different parts of the country, on a single platform in the festival which will be held on December 14 and 15 at Dikshant Global School, VIP Road, Zirakpur.
According to Adab Foundation chairman Mitul Dikshit, “The much awaited fifth iteration of the two-day festival will see a diverse set of activities for children. Interactions with authors will be aimed at stimulating the imagination of children. This year we have many award winning authors participating in the festival and have also expanded our canvass to include a very interesting session on the tribal art of Gond with a celebrated expert Subhash Singh Vyam. There will be exciting illustration (comic drawing) sessions too.”
Chatura Rao, a noted children’s books’ author and festival director said, “The motive of the festival is to enthuse children to develop an interest in reading books and in creative writing. We have something for all children in the age group of 4-18 years. The literature festival will host a number of speakers and conduct many sessions for children, which include storytelling, creative writing, art and craft, talks, poetry and dramatized readings. Festival will include sessions covering various aspects of literature like creative writing.”
Winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Press Quarterly’s Rolls Royce Award, writer, Rachna Bisht, will introduce aspirants to the vast variety of careers in Army- from flying helicopters, being cyber warriors, skydivers to Everest summiteers and rescue heroes.
Payal Kapadia will delve into her book ‘Horrid High’. Children will get a chance to listen to the magical tales come to life in various story telling sessions. Writer and actress Lovleen Mishra will be conducting storytelling sessions. Some of the other storytelling sessions include reading of a funny story from the ‘Flipped Anthology Book 1: A Collection of Funny and Scary Stories’, by author Adithi Rao.
Creator of the Ninja Nani series Lavanya Karthik, who won the first Vani Foundation Children’s Literature Fellowship in 2014 will help children draw comics. It is notable that her picture book, ‘Neel on Wheels’ was one of the the winners in the Children First: A writing contest in 2016.
There is an exclusive session planned for parents by Tanu Shree Singh who specialises in positive psychology. Her book ‘Keep Calm and Mommy On’ is much loved and acclaimed.