chandigarh literature isnt just about writing after all with this idea in mind the organizers of this upcoming childrens festival have made it a potpourri of books art and craft so while there will be readings and reviews on one hand there will be workshops in theatre and pottery on the other third edition of chandigarh childrens literature festival cclf commences at dikshant global school in zirakpur on january 29 the fest will see talks and book readings by famous childrens writers a special emphasis is also being laid on popularizing mother tongue and developing a holistic view of art through workshops in theatre art craft and pottery the threeday festival is organized by adab foundation we want to popularize book reading among children who have too much of digital technology being bombarded at them thus leaving very little time and inclination for inculcating the healthy habit of reading books this objective will be met well by cclfs third edition said festival director and childrens author chatura rao who was here on thursday rao has authored books like nabiya and growing up in pandupur she said that awardwinning writers illustrators animators and storytellers would be present at the festival to talk about literature and have oneonone interaction with children a prefestival competition the budding writers for school students was also announced at the press meet on thursday this competition will be for two age groups group i for students in the age bracket of 10 to 13 years and group ii for those who fall in the age group of 1416 years the young could pen short story humour poetry science fictionfantasy and essaymemoir two writers in each age group would be chosen as the bestingrade and will be awarded the entries can be sent at childrenliteraturefestivalgmailcom said mitul dikshit chairman adab foundation and dikshant group of schools cclf 16 will also have focus on comic books and graphic novels added dikshitwriters at the fest anupa lal with 20 books in her kitty she will share her work retelling of the ramayana ramender kumar the national awardwinning writer for children will also attend the festival his book paplu and the giant was selected to mark the international literacy day in september 2013 payal kapadia she will talk about her book horrid high kapadia is the recipient of the 2013 crossword book award childrens literature for wisha wozzariter lovleen mishra the storyteller writer and actress will be conducting drama and storytelling workshops at the lit fest