The power of reading Here is a short list of ways to read: Try choosing your next read by the time or era that it is set… Read more “Ways to read 🦋”
Tag: Bibliotherapy
#review Slightly Foxed, Winter issue 2018, no.60 @FoxedQuarterly
The Fox illustration by Chris Wormell Light the fire and settle into your deeply inviting, old and battered armchair with a pot of tea which you are… Read more “#review Slightly Foxed, Winter issue 2018, no.60 @FoxedQuarterly”
#bookreview Notes on a nervous planet by Matt Haig published by Canongate
Amazon blurb: The world is messing with our minds. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We… Read more “#bookreview Notes on a nervous planet by Matt Haig published by Canongate”
#bookreview The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas
Goodreads blurb: Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but… Read more “#bookreview The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas”
#review Foxed Quarterly: The Book Cure by Ken Haigh. Slightly Foxed, Spring issue 2017
Ken Haigh is a librarian and the author of Under the Holy Lake: A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan (University of Alberta Press). This is one man’s journey… Read more “#review Foxed Quarterly: The Book Cure by Ken Haigh. Slightly Foxed, Spring issue 2017”
Castles in the air
Every now and again (and sometimes when I’m being tattooed) a person has to have a good place to escape to. Some create castles in the skies,… Read more “Castles in the air”
Books about ~ Time loss
Time is a funny old bed fellow. It’s our most precious gift to another, it’s scary when it is taken away from us, we often hope for… Read more “Books about ~ Time loss”
Short stories and how to use them
Recently, in between books, and whilst reading meandering tales, I have indulged myself with several short stories. I have read M.R. James’s Canon Alberic’s scrapbook, and Charlotte… Read more “Short stories and how to use them”
Books about ~ Heartbreak
Whilst studying the Future Learn course Mental Health and Literature, the educators chose to feature heartbreak amongst other medical conditions. As bibliotherapy is a particular interest, and something that… Read more “Books about ~ Heartbreak”
Not-the-Booker-prize 2016 shortlisted: The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote
A by-product of the 21st century is that almost on a daily basis, our consciousness is flooded with fairy tales and legends. Books that we read often tow the fairy… Read more “Not-the-Booker-prize 2016 shortlisted: The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote”
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