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Shared Reading in Libraries
‘Well I just love coming. It’s something to look forward to. It makes you think…when I’m here I don’t think of anything else.’ – shared reading group member in Melton Mowbray Library, Leicestershire...
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Connecting to the stress-relieving power of poetry
It’s great news to hear that the connection between poetry and mental wellbeing is being highlighted, thanks to the launch of ReLit and their anthology Stressed Unstressed, a volume of 150 poems...
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Linking the arts and Shared Reading with good mental health
The link between the arts and improved mental well-being is one which more professionals and volunteers are experiencing firsthand in the UK, and will be celebrated at the first national Arts in Health...
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Attending social groups can improve health and wellbeing after retirement
New research has suggested that taking part in social activities, including book groups and church groups, is linked with improved levels of health and well-being for people after retirement – and can...
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People with lives: Combating chronic pain through Shared Reading
Can you combat chronic pain through Shared Reading? Kate, who runs the chronic pain reading group at Broadgreen Hospital in Liverpool tells us how it can be as effective as traditional therapies. The...
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‘To use and not simply deny negative material’: Shared Reading in action
This month The Reader features in The Psychologist magazine. CRILS’ Philip Davis discusses Literature in performance, psychology in action. “Literature is about the human ability to use and not simply...
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The Reader 65
Our first edition of 2017 and a special Anniversary Issue to mark 20 years of The Reader magazine. Between the colourful covers of this quarter’s edition there’s the usual medley of voices, some new,...
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Reading Groups, Communities & Libraries – An exploratory study
Published last month, the study explores the important role reading groups, such as Shared Reading, play in library and community services. Published in May 2017, this study by Lesley Dee, Susan Hart...
View ArticleThe Reader to present at 2017 ISPS International Psychosis Conference
The Reader to bring Shared Reading to delegates at The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis with conference appearance and newly announced Read to Lead course...
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The Reader 66
My oh my have we got a cracking magazine for you this quarter! The summer edition is out now, jam-packed with fantastic new writing, powerful personal essays and all the latest Reader thinking. Where...
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Pain Relief through Shared Reading
A Californian study has suggested that a trip to an art gallery can provide pain relief. The Reader’s Kate McDonnell, who leads a Shared Reading group for people living with chronic pain, understands...
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“Something creative and unpredictable within what was otherwise a very...
Fiona Magee, research assistant based at CRILS – Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society – and Reader Leader in Criminal Justice settings, tells us about the latest presentation of...
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A Masterclass on Shared Reading with Older People – celebrating 74 groups in...
25 Reader Leaders from across the South West came together last week for a Masterclass on Reading with Older People as part of Loneliness Awareness Week. There are currently 74 groups meeting across...
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