Mahtab Narsimhan

Authors’ Booking Service is pleased to announce that children’s author Mahtab Narsimhan, is now scheduling visits to Ontario schools for the coming school year.   

This author would prefer to schedule visits on a Thursday or Friday but is flexible on this.   

Mahtab would love to plan a visit to your school or library.  Her rate is $250 per session. There is no travel charge within the GTA. For travel outside the GTA the standard kilometrage applies.

Mahtab is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada, and so schools wishing to invite her may be eligible for a travel and fee subsidy to offset the cost of her visit. Contact us for details of this program. 

Here is what Valerie Cunningham, Teacher-Librarian at Hewson P. S. has to say about this author's presentations:

And here is what Gary Kamino, Principal of Roselands school had to say:

"The students and staff at Roselands Junior Public School were very
pleased to have the opportunity to spend time with Mahtab Narsimhan.

Many of our junior grade students had read her recent book titled "The
Third Eye" as part of this year's Silver Birch Award Program.

So, it was particularly fascinating for the students to learn the
reasons why she decided to write this book.

If schools are looking for an author to visit their school, I would
highly recommend that you contact Ms. Narsimhan!"

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Published Works:

The Third Eye  Dundurn Press  2007
The Silver Anklet Dundurn Press  December 2009

Awards and Nominations

Silver Birch Fiction Winner 2009
Starred selection, CCBC Best Books 2009

Mahtab’s Presentation Details:

My presentations are very interactive which make for a more enriching experience for my audience and me. The content is as listed below;  

• I start out with a bit of background about myself and the books I enjoyed reading as a child.
• I talk about the event in my life that made me start writing.
• I talk about where I got my ideas for the book and substantiate this by showing pictures of Gods, Goddesses and other images from Indian Mythology and Culture.
• I show all the research, planning and plotting that goes into a novel.
• I walk the students through the process of writing from rough draft to publication. I substantiate this by showing my rough drafts and all the edits I did towards polishing the novel.

The above is peppered with personal anecdotes and all the challenges that a writer faces when s/he sits down to write and the tricks and tips I use to get me through this process. 

If time permits, I will read a brief excerpt from my book and answer questions. 

Please complete this overview for the end of your presentation write-up. 

Grades I will present to: 4 to 8  

Is this flexible? Though this book is ideally enjoyed by Grades 4-6, I have presented to Grade 3 students as well as Grade 8 students.   

Maximum number of students per session: 75-80 (Ideal)  

Is this flexible? Yes, I will consider a larger group. Please discuss this with me.   

Workshops available for grades 4-8.  

Maximum participants for workshop: A maximum of 16 for optimum results.   

Do you offer...  

Venues you’re comfortable in:  (classroom, library, auditorium, gymnasium)

I am comfortable in all settings.   

Equipment and other requirements:  

• A projector screen for a PowerPoint presentation if the venue is a gymnasium or auditorium.
• A Power socket with multiple plug points
• Bottled water would be much appreciated.
• I do insist that a librarian or teacher be present throughout the presentation.