Nature Writing for Children: Forests, Fiction and Revolution
How do stories become movements? What happens when forests, climate, and imagination come together in children’s books?
Join Bijal Vachharajani, award-winning author and one of India’s pioneering climate fiction writers for children, in conversation with Shashwat DC, as she reflects on writing stories that inspire young readers to imagine, question, and care for the planet.
Drawing from environmental history, climate fiction, fantasy, and real-world conservation movements such as Silent Valley, the conversation explores how children’s literature can nurture empathy, curiosity, and hope while encouraging readers to engage with the ecological challenges of our times.
This webinar is part of the Nature Writing for Children series by Azim Premji University, which brings together authors, educators, and readers to explore how storytelling can reconnect children with the wild, the real, and the everyday.
About the speaker
When Bijal Vachharajani is not reading a children’s book, she’s writing or editing one. She is the award-winning author of several planet-friendly books, including A Revolution in the Valley, A Cloud Called Bhura, Savi and the Memory Keeper, and When Fairyland Lost Its Magic.
A Cloud Called Bhura and Savi and the Memory Keeper received the AutHer Award, while When Fairyland Lost Its Magic won the Kalinga Award. Widely regarded as one of India’s pioneering climate fiction writers for children, her work has been published in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Brazil.