Field Tips- NWfC Column
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Chronicles of a Cli-Fi Writer
Award-winning author and editor Bijal Vachharajani reflects on her writing journey and describes how it veered towards putting the climate crisis up front and centre in Indian children’s literature.
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Getting the Green Light
Vatsala Kaul Banerjee, publisher of children’s and young adult books at Hachette India, outlines key considerations for writers pitching their nature writing for publication
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Green in Glorious Technicolour
Award-winning illustrator Rajiv Eipe shows and tells us why illustrated books are the perfect way to explore nature, and how they influence what young readers think, feel and do about the environment
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Walking the Talk
Sujatha Padmanabhan at the Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group narrates her experience of publishing children’s literature on nature, environment and community conservation.
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Factually Speaking
Author and publisher Tanya Majumdar gets into the nitty-gritties of creating books of environmental non-fiction for young readers.
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Birds, Beasties and Bachhas
Prolific children’s writer Ranjit Lal tells us why creatures great and small (rather than people) inspire him and how he uses them as characters in his fiction.
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The Art of Writing a Picture Book
Internationally acclaimed children’s author Uma Krishnaswami writes lyrically about how art and words meld together to form a heartful picture book that celebrates the natural world.
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A Sense of Place
Award-winning author Stephen Alter writes about how evoking a sense of place in nature writing can encourage young readers to explore wild spaces with awe and wonder.
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Is My Book Idea Age-Appropriate?
Editor and Publishing Consultant Smit Zaveri conducts a convoluted enquiry into turning book ideas inspired by nature into age-appropriate children’s books.
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What We Write About When We Write About Nature
Author Meghaa Gupta tells us how writers of green literature for children are inspired, nurtured and nourished by the vastness and diversity of nature.
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Write the Drop
Author and conservationist Zai Whitaker writes about nature writing for children, what makes it a worthwhile pursuit, and why every drop of it counts!