AFCC × Pratham Books Picture Book Hackathon
| Date: | 14–15 May 2021 |
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Illustration by Priya Kuriyan
Explore these new picture books from the Picture Book Hackathon
About the Hackathon
Open to all writers and illustrators from Southeast Asia; and Tamil, Hindi, Chinese and Malay translators from Southeast Asia and South Asia. Selected participants took part in a hackathon workshop over the course of two days from 14 to 15 May to produce bilingual and CMT e-picture books.
Mentored by the Pratham Books team, participants worked in groups to craft and polish their ideas over the hackathon duration before culminating in the new published works below.
Check them out here!
- A Bunch of Flowers (wordless picture book)
- Searching For Home (Bilingual - English-Hindi)
- The Lonely Whale Shark (English)
- The Lonely White Shark (Hindi, translated from English)
- Turn It Off! (Bilingual - English-Chinese)
- Sikkal Sundari (Bilingual - English-Tamil)
- Kaya's Colourful Bahags (Bilingual - English-Malay)
- Shapes on the Shore (English)
- Shapes on the Shore (Tamil, translated from English)
- Behind You (English)
- Behind You (Chinese)
- The Blob Who Wanted More (English)
Virtual Launch:
The virtual Picture Book Hackathon book launch was held on 28 May (Sat), from 12:30pm to 1pm (SGT):