https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-03-20 https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/patchwork-quilt-creative-writing-method monthly 0.5 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/56448351-6917-422b-ad86-eb2f9ae4601d/Sita-Brahmachari-Patchwork-Storytelling-Quli.jpg Blog - Patchwork Quilt Creative Writing Method - Make it stand out My Patchwork Storytelling Quilt https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/youth-libraries-group-honour monthly 0.5 2024-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/2c0247d7-9032-46b7-a814-62219541bffd/Screenshot+2024-03-15+at+12.22.08.png Blog - Youth Libraries Group Honour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/sri-lanka-with-the-gratiaen-trust monthly 0.5 2023-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1a6d6c9b-27e7-4734-a1fc-0f1d0789f181/teaching+Sita+British+Library+Colombo.JPG Blog - Sri Lanka with the Gratiaen Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/fa46a81d-1865-459d-937d-c7a7460b2bd5/Sita+Brahmachar+and+Authors+Sri+Lanka.png Blog - Sri Lanka with the Gratiaen Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/214f4411-85e0-4210-a871-c8448228d6a9/DSC_5016+Finding+a+voice.jpg Blog - Sri Lanka with the Gratiaen Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/eb95b034-8cdc-4b35-a5ea-2d5b40bb424f/Sita-Brahmachari-Patchwork-Storytelling-Quli Blog - Sri Lanka with the Gratiaen Trust - Make it stand out The Patchwork Storytelling Quilt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/7da16c1c-0d71-4049-8dae-f21ac127c27a/Student-in-Sri-Lanka Blog - Sri Lanka with the Gratiaen Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/f436941d-d3ff-4041-8eea-4be785b908f1/IMG-1680.jpg Blog - Sri Lanka with the Gratiaen Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/when-shadows-fall-refugee-week monthly 0.5 2023-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/43c80b6b-a414-413e-b592-c4339366d67d/Raven+box+4.jpg Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Refugee Week - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/4626bbb6-9f31-4232-8390-74a86ec5a767/b25lY21zOjNiYzY0YTkzLWFlODgtNGU1NS1iYmM4LTA1M2ExYzBhOTc5Mzo5YzQ2MDVlMS01Njc2LTRlNjEtYjM4NC0xMWE0YTRjNzlmZW Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Refugee Week - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/walking-in-the-ayahs-footsteps monthly 0.5 2022-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/8a3eb803-8fa5-43b0-94a3-7ba9a27666c2/Ayah7.jpg Blog - Walking in the Ayahs’ Footsteps - Make it stand out With Rozina Visram, archivist and historian who uncovered the Ayahs’ history and the inspiration for Dr Devi in ‘When Secrets Set Sail’. A meeting at The British Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/c8dd2a48-00b9-4700-84d9-9f8228833e91/Ayah1a.jpg Blog - Walking in the Ayahs’ Footsteps - Make it stand out Window at The Children’s Bookshop Muswell Hill on publication including pieces of the Ayahs’ stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/ab685ec6-6192-41f7-b183-28689ac04c4b/Ayah2.jpg Blog - Walking in the Ayahs’ Footsteps - Make it stand out Farhanah Mamoojee and Sita Brahmachari on the steps of The Ayahs Home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/9004880a-d5e5-40b8-a32f-c165acee3980/Ayah3.jpg Blog - Walking in the Ayahs’ Footsteps - Make it stand out (Collins – Big Cat series) publishes on July 11th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/b7db11c6-006c-4f1b-8445-c7823b510cd1/Ayah4.jpg Blog - Walking in the Ayahs’ Footsteps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/b498cefa-95ec-45e3-afff-3a92aebfdef6/41tkb4VjTbL._SX312_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_.jpg Blog - Walking in the Ayahs’ Footsteps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/60d2a517-7052-4b07-a85b-981c4742b2d2/Blog.png Blog - Walking in the Ayahs’ Footsteps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/when-shadows-fall-raven-treasure-box monthly 0.5 2022-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/a909bb4a-be6a-4793-b95b-78391d1af743/Raven+box+4.jpg Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Raven Treasure Box &amp; the healing power of expression through The Arts. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/8296924a-b196-430d-81c9-5f36b93defd4/b25lY21zOjNiYzY0YTkzLWFlODgtNGU1NS1iYmM4LTA1M2ExYzBhOTc5Mzo5YzQ2MDVlMS01Njc2LTRlNjEtYjM4NC0xMWE0YTRjNzlmZWU%3D.jpg Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Raven Treasure Box &amp; the healing power of expression through The Arts. - Make it stand out The work of A Level Arts Students who created a ‘When Shadows Fall’ exhibition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/9b8f572f-c316-42ca-8559-331514b7b81c/Doodles+KAA.jpg Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Raven Treasure Box &amp; the healing power of expression through The Arts. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/cb87bb47-1ab2-46c0-9569-30ad0982119a/wsf-the-guardian-quotes.jpg Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Raven Treasure Box &amp; the healing power of expression through The Arts. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/13a30740-da0e-4ea1-af24-6d31d4524242/Tunbridge-Raven-18+Nat.jpg Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Raven Treasure Box &amp; the healing power of expression through The Arts. - Make it stand out Natalie Sirett, Illustrator of ‘ When Shadows Fall’ and Multi-media artist with Raven Treasure at Tunbridge Festival. May 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/9d6b97e6-f479-47e6-bd06-dc6391da1a5b/IMG-9789.jpg Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Raven Treasure Box &amp; the healing power of expression through The Arts. - Make it stand out Sita Brahmachari, author reads from the ‘portrait’ scene while audience settle into drawing their own portraits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/8598b5bf-73b9-4698-b38b-3dbc86d4ccd5/Tunbridge+hands.jpg Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Raven Treasure Box &amp; the healing power of expression through The Arts. - Make it stand out ‘When Shadows Fall’ Raven Treasure Collaboration by Natalie Sirett and Sita Brahmachari ‘Hands of friendship’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/c493e600-fae6-4173-88d9-41c4aac90c68/IG+stories+%282%29.png Blog - ‘When Shadows Fall’ Raven Treasure Box &amp; the healing power of expression through The Arts. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/swallows-kiss-empathy-day-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1e25a5fb-1d77-4ae0-af1a-b00349e5352b/10-STORIES-COVERS-THMBNLS-SWALLOW-FRONT-723x1024.jpg Blog - Swallow’s Kiss is chosen for Empathy Day 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/11d372b5-df3c-4851-8742-279518140569/IMG-2767.jpg Blog - Swallow’s Kiss is chosen for Empathy Day 2022 - Make it stand out Illustrator Jane Ray and myself looking on as a member of Islington Centre for Refugees sings in the community choir, celebrated in image and free verse in Swallow’s Kiss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/593221cd-f3e4-4568-b2e9-93253ae2f516/24970958beb8d3d0cb94cfc02b875a9d+%281%29.jpg Blog - Swallow’s Kiss is chosen for Empathy Day 2022 - Make it stand out This is from our Swallow’s Kiss notebooks…written in call and response style on our way to and from the art and writing class at Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants. There will be centre’s like this near you… in need of support… from volunteering, donations and befriending. The Superpower of Reading for Empathy is that it is an agent of change. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/cop26-climate-stories-at-seven-stories monthly 0.5 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/ba38e030-df9e-400f-9c64-2d02bc846459/seed+enveolope.JPG Blog - COP26 - Climate Stories ‘Our Earthstory’ at Seven Stories - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1d842333-ab46-4085-8581-1c36a8aae368/logo-islington-centre-current.jpg Blog - COP26 - Climate Stories ‘Our Earthstory’ at Seven Stories - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/232bdd79-d3bd-426d-8e23-f7748f9358aa/9781913520205.jpg Blog - COP26 - Climate Stories ‘Our Earthstory’ at Seven Stories - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/137cef64-8929-40a9-8ebd-a86d6e5a5646/When-Shadows-Fall_Cover-l.jpg Blog - COP26 - Climate Stories ‘Our Earthstory’ at Seven Stories - Make it stand out When Shadows Fall ( Little Tiger) Published 11th November. Edited by Mattie Whitehead, Designed by Charlie Moyler. ( Hive Children’s /YA Book of the Month) https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/michael-rosen-when-shadows-fall-launch monthly 0.5 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635707436574-N6CFY91K9HXRPZUP953L/IMG-8425.jpg Blog - In conversation with Michael Rosen for the launch of ‘When Shadows Fall’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/swallows-kiss-little-amal-south-bank monthly 0.5 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/9c61e53b-4a31-4e71-bd9c-d90bfb5b3410/70bb189e-239e-4aee-95ec-073060e02105.jpg Blog - Swallow’s Kiss Welcomes Little Amal to London’s South Bank - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1d01017b-721f-4374-816f-14106b3a566c/5299d70d-2642-43d1-a411-16eee4171019.JPG Blog - Swallow’s Kiss Welcomes Little Amal to London’s South Bank - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/11d372b5-df3c-4851-8742-279518140569/IMG-2767.jpg Blog - Swallow’s Kiss Welcomes Little Amal to London’s South Bank - Make it stand out Illustrator Jane Ray and myself in awe at seeing our story about welcoming refugee children, written on a London bus, performed on stage for the first time at The South Bank Literature Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635700788603-XQ8RTMPZZ81WMJXNWKKP/IMG-2761.jpg Blog - Swallow’s Kiss Welcomes Little Amal to London’s South Bank - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/981201be-99fb-4cd4-9031-01d008869827/IMG-2764.jpg Blog - Swallow’s Kiss Welcomes Little Amal to London’s South Bank - Make it stand out Amaka Okafor plays ‘Blessing.’ On stage with members of Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants choir led by choir leaders Romain Malan and Denise Dobson of Songworks N8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/65b2f7a4-e0ad-466d-bdf2-60100a9684e5/IMG-2754.jpg Blog - Swallow’s Kiss Welcomes Little Amal to London’s South Bank - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1e25a5fb-1d77-4ae0-af1a-b00349e5352b/10-STORIES-COVERS-THMBNLS-SWALLOW-FRONT-723x1024.jpg Blog - Swallow’s Kiss Welcomes Little Amal to London’s South Bank - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/footsteps-on-the-wind-european-launch monthly 0.5 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635703922154-XEYUF9NM8FLCGETI641F/Hope+seeds.jpg Blog - European Launch of ‘Footsteps on the Wind’ - Make it stand out Hope seeds scattered into the animation ‘Footsteps on The Wind’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635703447095-Q6UKD20FTG0CFX9QKC3V/Footsteps+2.jpg Blog - European Launch of ‘Footsteps on the Wind’ - Make it stand out Footsteps drawn by unaccompanied refugee survivor children in London… their symbolic worlds inspired story seeds of ‘Footsteps on The Wind.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635702260812-77T1W51U06OQRCDVA11W/IMG-2759.jpg Blog - European Launch of ‘Footsteps on the Wind’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635702722546-QSHGST1GX9DZUFN6097W/ee59d076-265f-4f98-b12c-dbdee7e1f4f4.JPG Blog - European Launch of ‘Footsteps on the Wind’ - Make it stand out At the European Launch of Footsteps On The Wind at the Serpentine Gallery with Farrah Serroukh and Onjali Q Rauf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635705067263-6V3X93UM8YETEGA673H4/42fd4fbf-1020-4fb0-9360-817c8779745d+%281%29.JPG Blog - European Launch of ‘Footsteps on the Wind’ - Make it stand out After the screening of Footsteps on The Wind at Stratford Libraries welcoming an Afghan family to Stratford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635705220353-Z4XDWJURM0PCCFGOE7WK/873c7a0a-9ffa-4002-a8db-3fe8e525574f+%281%29.JPG Blog - European Launch of ‘Footsteps on the Wind’ - Make it stand out Onjali Q Rauf, Zain I and myself at Stratford Libraries. Zain from Syria is completing her training to become a doctor just as Jide does in ‘Tender Earth.’ That iconic red ruck sack of Ahmet’s, Jusuf also carries with him in the animation ‘ Footsteps on The Wind’ as the children seek a safe place to call home as well as welcome in school. I have explored these footsteps with students in Brussels and next stop is a screening at Seven Stories in Newcastle where I will be discussing Where The River Runs Gold and themes of Climate Chaos and refugee rights at the time of COP26. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635706148975-YXYJWRER9UD2V1J01JSY/Hope+seeds.jpg Blog - European Launch of ‘Footsteps on the Wind’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635706566504-A3XTEANVU1Y231JD14I9/banner+2+bee.JPG Blog - European Launch of ‘Footsteps on the Wind’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/edinburgh-festival-2021-environmental-protection monthly 0.5 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635792297615-593SVZUG4XGJH2LKB0HQ/banner+2+bee.JPG Blog - Environmental protection Edinburgh Festival 2021 - Make it stand out Banner made and carried by Fridays for Future protestors after reading ‘Where The River Runs Gold’ https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/artichoke-hearts-ten-year-anniversary monthly 0.5 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635788741262-DT8IK31IZBGE39G40P5X/Artichoke+H+10.jpg Blog - 10 year anniversary copy of 'Artichoke Hearts' - An inheritance of hope on World Humanitarian Day</a> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635788741589-M5Y7BOLXEESKI2Q59ZQ5/Rose.JPG Blog - 10 year anniversary copy of 'Artichoke Hearts' - An inheritance of hope on World Humanitarian Day</a> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635788874689-2FNDGRQQGVPJ8WU5P6MN/Holey+stones.JPG Blog - 10 year anniversary copy of 'Artichoke Hearts' - An inheritance of hope on World Humanitarian Day</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635789257216-HH8KYCSXRDOEGFO2IVVH/Artichok+H+original+cover.jpg Blog - 10 year anniversary copy of 'Artichoke Hearts' - An inheritance of hope on World Humanitarian Day</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635789034345-05Y7CKYOLDUYKH2IMYNS/Collage+artichoke.jpg Blog - 10 year anniversary copy of 'Artichoke Hearts' - An inheritance of hope on World Humanitarian Day</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635789199801-JG9OXSCNWSYIQ4RKC57D/Holey+stone+beach.jpg Blog - 10 year anniversary copy of 'Artichoke Hearts' - An inheritance of hope on World Humanitarian Day</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635789345395-G0CP38D2O6CZ1ZLAOLFW/Dolphins.JPG Blog - 10 year anniversary copy of 'Artichoke Hearts' - An inheritance of hope on World Humanitarian Day</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/swallows-kiss-story-trail monthly 0.5 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635790912867-0A7MFHPZYC6P0OWH5U8I/10-STORIES-COVERS-THMBNLS-SWALLOW-FRONT-723x1024.jpg Blog - 'Follow The Swallow' story trail.</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635791127496-WGH6QTXCG2HU0C4SFZCU/Wish+bird+exhibiton.JPG Blog - 'Follow The Swallow' story trail.</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635791190654-JQB8QQZNHZO7N6OEYUWU/Islington+Library+Swallows.JPG Blog - 'Follow The Swallow' story trail.</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635791356671-1Z96OPEBQQ2RNGJRDI3K/Wsh+bird+friend.jpg Blog - 'Follow The Swallow' story trail.</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635791439784-7ZNUK5HD7LH7ZGP93D4Y/Swallow%27s+Kiss.JPG Blog - 'Follow The Swallow' story trail.</a> - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/blog/when-secrets-set-sail-patchwork-pieces monthly 0.5 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635794452579-0JO0Q76TMRH5APGBEQJO/IMG-4655+window.jpg Blog - When Secrets Set Sail - patchwork pieces to publication</a> day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1635795004512-AX0709INIPM6AZG2XXKB/Ayah+and+Conch.JPG Blog - When Secrets Set Sail - patchwork pieces to publication</a> day - Make it stand out My childhood doll, conch shell and notebook on the steps of Ayahs' Home, Hackney. 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Where The River Runs Gold children’s rights in literature - Make it stand out A decade of storytelling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/ea0261d5-7383-4d76-86ea-f4f5b0336f94/Latymer.JPG Blog - Where The River Runs Gold children’s rights in literature - Make it stand out Artichoke Hearts, Jasmine Skies, Tender Earth (Published by Macmillan Children's Books) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/801d0a41-0612-452b-8a08-34afc0658669/poster.jpg Blog - Where The River Runs Gold children’s rights in literature - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/af3af93a-0fd0-4883-af5a-efdddb6559d4/red+leaves+cover.jpg Blog - Where The River Runs Gold children’s rights in literature - Make it stand out Red Leaves - (Macmillan Children’s Books) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/b2313437-f209-4681-a4aa-664cb0287fdc/daisy+book.JPG Blog - 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I’m Sita. Welcome to this patchwork of storytelling. I write novels, plays and short stories rooted in community and empathy. Lots of them are about the rites of passage moments in life. My debut novel ‘Artichoke Hearts’ won the Waterstones Book Prize. Since then my stories have been honoured by national and international awards, translated into many different languages and are endorsed by Amnesty International. Have a look around this site to find a collage of my influences, highlighted through: podcasts, reviews and events. I write stories across genres that explore themes of culture, history, environmental protection, social justice, identity and belonging. The young protagonists whose voices you’ll discover here have often been underrepresented. They dare to ask the big questions facing our world today. They are seeking answers and are not afraid to challenge injustice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/a1fe7844-4cdc-454a-8eca-ba2d698a4372/Phoenix-Brothers-Empathy-Lab.jpg Home - Make it stand out Delighted that Empathy Lab have chosen Phoenix Brothers as part of their Read for Empathy 2026 collection in this Year of Reading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/6e114d24-5f82-4a90-b1ad-05f92753b507/hear-our-voices.jpg Home - Make it stand out Arriving just in time for World Book Day 2026, this multi-lingual, illustrated communal poem is the culmination of three year project. Published by Walker Books, illustrated by Chris Riddell. In these times of strife, being part of the Seen & Heard movement to protect children’s rights of creative protest, is something I am immensely proud of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/b8b59d5a-50f1-429f-8372-860fb47387c3/Book+Clubs+In+Schools+logo.png Home - Make it stand out In the 2026 Year of Reading, I’m working as an Ambassador of Book Clubs in Schools along with Tom Palmer. BCiS build spaces for dreaming, well-being and making meaning for some of the young people who have the least access to books. Every child has a chance to fall in love with stories, to be sustained by them and to help navigate their lives with all the opportunities and life experiences reading brings. https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-03-04 https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/about-me daily 0.75 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1611156156567-M3IS4NTBB4Z0ML909QT2/portrait-photo-of-sita-brahmachari About Me Photo by Martin Levenson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/d8efdaa2-a891-4649-b457-2dff09dc8573/artichoke-by-jane-ray.jpg About Me - Make it stand out Artichoke Heart by Jane Ray https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/school-events daily 0.75 2025-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/a70e33b0-ea53-4796-919a-271a8694a0db/Picture+1.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/8fdde9c4-3373-42c8-a29d-f6e4d5c54263/sita+brahmachari+presenting+at+school+visit.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/7a7b1718-f3e2-4add-b56c-22f9b20d19c7/Fortismere+School+Library+Event https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/my-books daily 0.75 2025-11-04 https://www.sitabrahmachari.com/my-books/artichoke-hearts monthly 0.5 2023-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f7b1c3b00af032502c3c829/1629220788715-6N1PR5FSIAFDXLCO8Z5S/artichoke-hearts-novel-by-sita-brahmachari My Books - 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