Aparna Kapur

The only time I notice that my glasses are dirty, is when I sit down to write.

Illustrated by the amazing Archana Sreenivasan who really made the book what it is, PS What's up with the climate? is a series of postcards that define the climate crisis. My editor @apkapping is fantastic as is hand-holder @MissGoobe.

@MissGoobe @payoshnis @bijal_v @TheDataAreClean It just jumped out of my hands. I was so sorry for breaking the glass that I forgot to be sorry for ruining sari.

@payoshnis @TheDataAreClean @bijal_v

@TheDataAreClean @bijal_v @apkapping With Apu involved what isn't dramatic????

@MissGoobe @payoshnis @bijal_v @TheDataAreClean These reports are greatly exaggerated.

@bijal_v @TheDataAreClean @payoshnis You think Payoshni would've had Matrix-ish reflexes to catch the coffee? Well, to save her sari, she probably would.

@TheDataAreClean Would come in handy - like the time @apkapping flung coffee at @payoshnis, outside what used to be Volga, but that time was some Wild Something.

@bijal_v And 'Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse' is a book about friendship, understanding and how kindness brings joy.

It's #WorldBookDay and here are some of my beloved picture books on kindness and love. Something we need desperately today and stories are a wonderful way to share this. Love by Matt de la Peña and Loren Long. (share yours too?)

@bijal_v In Julian is a Mermaid, Jessica Love (it's right there in the name!) tells us that love is an open-hearted octopus hug where you can come as you are.

@bijal_v All the World is a joyous, wonderful celebration of the world, and always fills me with hope aplenty.

@bijal_v If there ever was a book who has a soul of love and kindness, it's Charlie Mackesy's The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

Dissent is vital. And the thread below is why I'm so chuffed to be a part of the children's literature community.

@MissGoobe @bijal_v @RichajhaJha @SudeshnaShome @speakingtiger14 @crossword_book Bijal, do you think this laughter is directed at my (lack of) camera skills?

So this just happened! A Cloud Called Bhura spotted in the #CrosswordBookAward shortlist. That too, in the fabulous company of Siddhartha, @RichajhaJha, Hansda, and Venita, some of my favourite kid-lit folks. YAY, Aindri.

@bijal_v @MissGoobe @RichajhaJha @SudeshnaShome @speakingtiger14 @crossword_book I have indeed performed this and no one but Bijal is allowed to see it.

@MissGoobe @RichajhaJha @SudeshnaShome @speakingtiger14 @crossword_book @apkapping Please, she already has done that dance. So your turn now.

@bijal_v @MissGoobe @RichajhaJha @SudeshnaShome @speakingtiger14 @crossword_book Yay it's finally time to switch roles, Radha! I will be your cameraperson.

@MissGoobe @RichajhaJha @SudeshnaShome @speakingtiger14 @crossword_book @apkapping Indeed. So camera at the ready!

Teachers, parents and kids interested in the wonders of science, the next #PublicTexts 'Sci-Fun: Writing about science for children' is for you! Authors Nandita Jayaraj and Roopa Pai will be in conversation with Aparna Kapur on Thursday, 21 November 2019 at #IIHSin.

@bijal_v @surekhapillai I ate some Biryani It was biryummy I ate it on my birthday And fed it to my birmummy

@surekhapillai Ek yakhni Biryani Ki hai yeh kahani Agar veg hai to hai pulao Aur woh hamare liye na lao. (Well, am vegetarian, but you know then it is pulao)

@bijal_v @eyefry I'll be too Christmassy to have evil thoughts

@eyefry @apkapping Totally!

.@eyefry’s edited Strange Worlds! Strange Times!, a #scifi anthology for #youngadults and I cannot wait to read it. Fabulous bunch of writers. Thank you for my copy, Vinayak.

Sometimes, Bijal and I have entire conversations in GIFs. So it seems like a somewhat logical result that GIFfiness would slip into our books. At the same time, it's completely bonkers… instagram.com/p/BqKkatEnakG/…

@genderlogindia @nimmyelize Everyone should read Nimona!

Oooh another one recommended by @nimmyelize and @apkapping was Nimona. She is a supervillian’s sidekick. More here: cbldf.org/2015/12/using-…

Happy Children’s Day everyone. Perfect week to be talking about kid-lit, just like any other week. (That’s Puchku, a bookworm from @dpanjana and Rajiv Eipe’s A Book for Puchku).

@bijal_v @thetoonguy @genderlogindia @Snaggletooth_00

@thetoonguy @genderlogindia @Snaggletooth_00 All credit to The Best Team. Including @apkapping :)

We are going to start by something that @nilanjanaroy pointed out to me a couple of years ago. ‘Male animals are central characters in 23% of books per year, the study found, while female animals star in only 7.5%.’ theguardian.com/books/2011/may…