Aug 16 2026 to Aug 16 2026 11 a.m.

Price: 150 Book/Buy

Where

Courtyard Koota

Ground floor, Good Earth Tarana Good Earth Malhar, near Rajarajeswari medical college Kambipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560074

Event Description

COURTYARD KOOTA in association with FUNKY RAINBOW
presents
MEET VARSHA SESHAN

Session Duration: 1 and a half hours (11:00am to 12:30pm)
Recommended Audience: 8+ years and adults of all ages
Book in Focus: The Wall Friends Club (published by HarperCollins)

ABOUT THE SESSION
Have you ever written or received a letter? If you found a letter written by a stranger, would you reply?Engage in some old-fashioned letter-writing, as well as some code- making and code-breaking, as you explore The Wall Friends Club with award-winning author, Varsha Seshan!

ABOUT VARSHA SESHAN
Varsha Seshan is a Pune-based children’s writer, winner of the Crossword Book Award 2025 for her book The Wall Friends Club. She also has books with Scholastic, Puffin, Duckbill, Young Zubaan, and more. She has been shortlisted for the AG-BLF Prize for Children’s Fiction, the Neev Book Award, the Singapore Book Award, and the Scholastic Asian Book Award.
As someone who loves silence, rain and the possibility of magic, she is happier with plants than with people. She conducts online book clubs and writing programmes for children ages seven to fourteen. She is also a classical dancer with over thirty years of training in Bharatanatyam. Find out more at www.varshaseshan.com

BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR
The Prophecy of Rasphora (Rs. 225) (published by Mango Books)
Today I Am (Rs. 60); How I Feel (Rs. 90); How Big is a Whale Shark? (Rs. 80); What Will Happen? (all published by Pratham Books)
Dragonflies, Jigsaws and Seashells (Rs. 250); Red Eyes (Rs. 399); Nami and Jhalak: Stinkypur Guardians (Rs. 250) (all published by Scholastic)
The Clockwala’s Clues (Rs. 250); Uncontrollable (Rs. 299); Fishbowl (Rs. 299); Think Big!
(Rs. 275) (all published by Duckbill)
Dhara’s Revolution (Rs. 250) (published by Penguin)
Sisters at New Dawn (Rs. 325) (published by Young Zubaan)
The Best Idea of All (Rs. 200) (published by Karadi Tales)
The Wall Friends Club (Rs. 175) (published by HarperCollins)

NOTE FOR THE PARENTS
The Meet-the-Author sessions conducted at Courtyard Koota in association with Funky Rainbow are a unique opportunity for you and your child to meet some of India’s most popular creators of children’s books. Funky Rainbow, Bangalore’s Beloved Independent Children’s Bookstore, will put up books of the visiting author for sale at the venue at the time of the session. Give your child the unforgettable experience of getting autographed copies of their books!

ABOUT FUNKY RAINBOW
Funky Rainbow is a Bangalore-based independent children’s bookshop and book consultancy run by children’s writers, illustrators, storytellers and creative professionals with the aim of introducing books to young audiences. Our books are handpicked and curated for children in the age-group of 0-18 years and represent the best of Indian children’s writing. The bookshop carries a mix of both fiction and non-
fiction titles (in the price range of 50rs to 500rs) that are not easily available in mainstream bookstores. Funky Rainbow recently expanded its presence by opening its second bookshop in Mysore in July 2025.

Contact Details
FUNKY RAINBOW

T Muniswamappa Trust Campus,
JP Nagar 9th Phase, Anjanapura PO,
Bengaluru 560108
Ph: +91-9900495665/080-31238486
Email: pr@funkyrainbow.com
Website: www.funkyrainbow.com