Book Presentation

The weekly series of book presentations organised by the Book Lovers' Club for the academic year 2015- '16 was initiated on July 23 by the Secretary of the Club, Saneesh Abraham. The well known Malayalam fiction, Ini Njan Urangatte by P. K. Balakrishnan was the book chosen for presentation. The presenter threw light on the narrator's skill in portraying Karnan as the real hero of Mahabharata. The 20 mts long presentation was highly inspiring and received wonderful feedback from teachers and students alike.

Reading Week Celebrations (June 19- 26)

Poster Making Competition

A Poster Making Competition was organised by the Book Lovers' Club in St. Peter's College in connection with the Reading Week celebrations. Students were given 3 days' time to prepare and submit posters demonstrating the importance of reading. The poster prepared by Donna Augustine of II MA English was adjudged the best poster.

Readers' Desk

With a view to promote reading habit among students, a Readers' Desk was instituted by the Club on Reading Day (June 19) which was inaugurated by the Principal of St. Peter's College, Dr. Thampy Abraham. The Readers' Desk is placed near the Department of English which displays an array of carefully selected newspapers, magazines and informative articles. The Readers' Desk provides an opportunity for students to skim through important news and educative write ups with ease. Sreelakshmi Saju of II BA English is the student in- charge of the Desk.

Reading Competition

A Reading Competition was held on Reading Day at 1.30 pm in the Audio Visual Room. Around 20 students from different departments participated in the competition. Krishnapriya R. of II BA English bagged the First Prize while Anupama Peter and Gayathri J Warrier (III BA English) bagged the Second and Third Prizes respectively.

    

  

The Book Lovers' Club conducted its first meeting of the academic year 2015-'16 on June 15 and elected the following students as its office bearers.

 Secretary: Saneesh Abraham (III DC English)

Joint Secretary: Anumol Joseph ( III DC English)

PRO 1: Divya B Kunnath (II DC Economics)

PRO 2: Gopika Radhakrishnan (II DC English)

II DC Representative: Nayanthara K R

The Book Lovers' Club was instituted in 2006 by the Department of English, St. Peter's College, Kolenchery with a view to encourage reading habit among students. Every year, two teachers from the Department are entrusted with the supervision of the Club. A body of student coordinators with representatives from all batches organises the activites of the Club. The Club conducts book presentations every week to familiarise students with the varied world of books. The presentation of about 10 minutes is done by a student member of the Club which is followed by a discussion. The Club also organises exhibitions, workshops and seminars in the campus and outside. Competitions are held on book presentations, slogan writing etc ensuring maximum participation from students.