natasha sharma childrens book author blog
What I’ve learnt in 50 readings

What I’ve learnt in 50 readings

I conducted my 50th book reading, yesterday!  I can still recall, rather vividly, the sheer terror that threatened to overtake me at the launch reading of Icky, Yucky, Mucky! at the Kala Ghodha Arts Festival in 2011. The moment when the tremor in my voice stopped and...

Coming soon – a pie of procrastination

Coming soon – a pie of procrastination

The things I must bake before I get back to writing ... A lemon tart of laziness (Brilliant recipe by Rachel Allen) An apple crumble of conscious delay   A cookie jar of careful-putting-off   Coming soon ... a pie of procrastination

Maharaja Moochh cupcakes!

Maharaja Moochh cupcakes!

Look what I rediscovered as I was browsing through the Icky, Yucky, Mucky blog that was started when my first book released! Wonderful (if I may say so myself) Maharaja Moochh cupcakes that I had created back then. Inspired at the time by Maharaja Icky, they fit the...

An Icky, Yucky, Mucky song to round off Holi

As I scrubbed out the colour after another colourful Holi festival, the mess and slush all around made me break into the Icky, Yucky, Mucky song. For those of you who haven't heard it, you couldn't possibly choose a better day to hear my editor Anita Roy,...

Author of the month on The Duckbill Gang

Mighty pleased to be Author of the Month on the lovely website, The Duckbill Gang.  If you haven't already, do visit it for your children to sign up and get access to all kinds of fun around books and writing. As author of the month, I'll be posting on writing,...