Sunday, November 30, 2014

Bookaroo festival

I never miss a chance to visit the annual bookaroo festival.This time the fair was held at IGNCA  Ganpath.There were a lot many authors and storytellers coming to participate.There were many sessions with authors,with each of them telling us about their favourite things,adventures and books.I had an extremely fun session with Gabrielle Wang at school,who was also there at the festival.She told us about her books,and how she thought of them.This gave me a constant urge to write a book.I also ran into her at the festival.I attended a session with Lucy Hawking,the daughter of the legendary Stephen Hawking.I can say the session was nothing short of spectacular.Watching the presentation of the universe made me feel as if I was in another galaxy.She told us about the origin of the universe,the sombero galaxy and other stunning facts about space.The part I enjoyed the most was an animated video.It showed us what it would be like to play soccer on all the planets in the solar system to explain to us the conditions and weather of each planet,which I liked.She told us about her father,her hometown and more.She told us about wormholes,black holes,galaxies,stars and other properties of space.The presentation was excellent.After that,at the book signing where we could get Lucy Hawking's autograph,the line was enormous.After the session ended,I sprinted to the book signing table to make sure I get a good spot in the queue.The bookshop there was nice with a great variety of books.I also gobbled down a few snacks.But after all,it turned out to be good day.So hats off to Bookaroo!



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