17/06/2026
Keroo: How Plants Eat Sunshine the debut children's book by Fahima Islam is out in Bookworm Bangladesh and our page!
Illustrated by Ishrat Jahan Shaira
Age 7+
Price 550 BDT
HerStory Foundation empowers girls and women through storytelling, awareness and capacity building.
HerStory creates social impact in Bangladesh through programming for women in leadership and the arts. We focus on the documentation of female history of Bangladesh to create contextual educational and motivational material for all ages.
17/06/2026
Keroo: How Plants Eat Sunshine the debut children's book by Fahima Islam is out in Bookworm Bangladesh and our page!
Illustrated by Ishrat Jahan Shaira
Age 7+
Price 550 BDT
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Step into the magical realm of "Mayapur" with our amazing storyteller, Swarna!
Peaceful, moonlit Mayapur plunges into darkness after a wicked magician steals the Moon Granny's glowing lantern. While the villagers lose hope, a brave young girl named Maya refuses to give up. A courageous journey to bring the light back to her home.
Watch the full video to see how courage and kindness can dispel even the deepest shadows!
The limited edition story-prompt is available at Bookworm Bangladesh. This project is made possible through the 2024 International Collaboration Grant of the British Council Bangladesh
08/06/2026
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British Council Bangladesh
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18/05/2026
Happy birthday to Nawab Faizunnesa - writer and social reformer from Comilla.
Nawab Faizunnesa was here The Dhaka-Cumilla bus tickets are Tk 250 for non-AC, Tk 350 for AC, and Tk 400 for AC VIP. Window seats must be negotiated on the spot. The journey takes three to six hours, past the old capital of Sonargaon, where the moisture in the air inspired the muslin, across the Gomati river and into Cumilla...
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Prepping for đĨ ZINE MELA JUNE 6-7 @
Binding workshop with .jubair_photos at .official and .publishers
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Printing and binding workshop with Muhammad Jubair at our Zine Mela final prep meet!
ZINE MELA JUNE 6-7
In collaboration with .publishers
20/04/2026
THE CHADER BURIS showed up en masse at Bookworm! The storytellers spun original tales about inspired by the Chader Buri story cloth and inspired audience members to join in.
4 hours of storytelling by our stellar Chader Buris:
Shakil & Maria (who unlocked the stories using Neil Mama's key)
Chenoa Chowdhury
Erin Wilson
Jarin Tasnim
Sirajum Munira
Ahsan Nahiyan (Books With Nahiyan)
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Afra Ibnat
And many inspired audience members!
Special shout out to Omar and Shafrin who led a story karaoke to share the origina story of đ LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS đ
đ And our heart is always warm in the company of the Bookworm family.
The storycloth is available at Bookworm and made possible through the support of the International Collaboration Grant of the British Council.
đ Our partner in this journey was the phenomenal Bok Bok Books. Watch out for their nakshi kantha storybook coming soon.
đ The light side was designed by the stellar Kazi Istela Imam
đ The dark side was designed by the exceptional Ibraheem Paling
đ§ĩ The production of the 200 kantha story cloths was in the caring hands of Sraboni Mahalder of Naksha Mistri
Photography and recording by Nazim Uddin Rabi
COME LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS OF THE BD WEB & DISCUSS ONLINE REALITIES THROUGH THE GENDER LENS đ¸ī¸ Sat, 28 February @ 11amđ Goethe-Institut Library đ 2-sec registration in bio
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