Shelf Healing Podcast
1) Dr Paula Byrne Interview
In our first Shelf Healing interview we chat to Dr Paula Byrne, author and founder and CEO of ReLit: The Bibliotherapy Foundation. We discuss bibliotherapy, reading and mental health, and what literat...Show More
2) Giles Paley-Phillips Interview
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Giles Paley-Phillips, children's picture book author and podcast host. We discuss bibliotherapy, writing, and mental wellbeing, and what literature Giles rea...Show More
3) Gyles Brandreth Interview
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Gyles Brandreth, author, actor, and broadcaster. We discuss bibliotherapy, where to read, memorising poetry, and what literature Gyles reaches for from his b...Show More
4) Cory Doctorow Interview
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Cory Doctorow, science fiction author, activist, and journalist. We discuss therapeutic reading, writing, commonplace books, interesting use cases for CC lic...Show More
5) Ian Evans Interview
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Ian Evans, UCL's Publishing MA and DIS reserach students' administrator. We discuss reading, graphic novels, the effects of lockdown on Ian's reading habits,...Show More
6) Dr Radha Modgil Interview
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Dr Radha Modgil, GP, mental health activist, and broadcaster. We discuss bibliotherapy, the rise of anxiety, the vitalness of therapeutic tools, and how impo...Show More
7) Debora Alma Interview
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Deborah Alma, poet and founder of The Poetry Pharmacy. We discuss bibliotherapy, poetry, prescribing poems, and wellbeing, and what literature Deborah reache...Show More
8) Professor Raymond Mar Interview
This week we chat to Professor Raymond Mar of the MAR Lab (York University, Canada). Raymond is a Professor of psychology and employs personality, social, and cognitive psychology along with neuroscie...Show More
9) Samantha Rayner Interview
This week Rebecca Markwick chats with Dr Samantha Rayner, Vice Dean of Wellbeing and Director of Publishing at UCL. They talk about how books affect our wellbeing and how they reach for different book...Show More
10) Cat Mitchell and Dan Holloway Interview
A brilliant episode in which Rebecca Markwick, Cat Mitchell, and Dan Holloway discuss the role of accessibility in the workplace, how those with disabilities should be included in decision making proc...Show More