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A weekly Books, Mental Health, Arts, Health and Fitness podcast featuring Rebecca Markwick
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UCL Minds

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Shelf Healing

UCL Minds

Shelf Healing

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A weekly Books, Mental Health, Arts, Health and Fitness podcast featuring Rebecca Markwick
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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 literature Paula reaches for to improve her own men
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 reaches for to improve his own mental health.Fo
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 bedisde book trough. For all of Gyles' jumper
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 licenced work, and what literature Cory reaches
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, and what literature he reaches for to impro
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 important it is to care for one's mental wellbei
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 reaches for to improve mental health. This week I
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 neuroscience to study imaginative experiences such as
This week Rebecca Markwick chats with Dr Samantha Rayner, Vice Dean of Wellbeing and Director of Publishing at UCL. T hey talk about how books affect our wellbeing and how they reach for different books for different reasons. They dive through
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 processes for accessibility, and how the pandemi
This episode introduces UCL's new MASc (Master of Arts and Science) in Creative Health. Rebecca Markwick chat with The Rt Hon. Lord Alan Howarth of Newport CBE and Professor Helen Chatterjee MBE who have spent many years working and researching
Rebecca Markwick chats with the delightful Ian Livingstone, games legend. Co-founder of Games Workshop, co-creater of the Fighting Fantasy genre of books, videogames star who brought us the brilliant Lara Croft. We chat all about the therapeuti
Rebecca Markwick chats with the wonderful Audioverse Award winner and multiple Hugo and BFA finalist pop culture journalist and podcaster Alasdair Stuart all about the therapeutic effects of reading, consuming media, and writing about your favo
Illustrator and bookseller Tamsin Rosewell joins Rebecca Markwick to talk about her experiences of reading and how she made the move into bookselling and illustration. She shares her deep love of non-fiction and how the speed at which you read
Rebecca Markwick chats with Chair of the Hay Literary Festival Caroline Michel all about the festival in all its forms across the globe. We discuss the move to digital online festivals, the success of the festival in multiple countries, the dif
A lively and entertaining interview with Professor John Mullan about therapeutic reading and his very favourite authors Charles Dickens and Janes Austen. John takes us on a deep dive into what we can enjoy in literature and how he finds humour
Rebecca Markwick chats with writer and academic Professor Sunny Singh all about translations, why representation is needed and how important it is to see other people's stories. We also chat about the Jhalak Prize, whether teaching creative pur
This week UCL's Vice Dean of Wellbeing, Professor Samantha Rayner, chats with Henry Eliot, Creative Editor of Penguin Classics, about his new book. They meander through literary landscapes, how the time of year affects how we perceive stories,
Rebecca Marwick chats with cartoonist, illustrator and writer Tom Gauld all about drawing, writing, and creating witty comics. We also chat about his new book The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess which he wrote and illustrated. An inter
Rebecca Marwick chats to prolific and award winning author Marcus Sedgwick all about his writing process, the therapuetic effects of writing, and how important reading can be for mental wellbeing. We also discuss Marcus' research into illness a
Host Rebecca Markwick chats with fabulous Canadian author Susin Nielsen about her new book, writing for TV and how it differs to writing for children, and why she returns again and again to middle grade fiction. We also discuss the difference i
I chat with author Orna Ross about writing, poetry, and starting the Alliance of Independent Authors.We get drawn into the power of Buddhist poetry and the joy of reading about murders. Orna shares her thoughts on why guilt has no place in read
I chat with fabulous Canadian author Susin Nielsen about her new book, writing for TV and how it differs to writing for children, and why she returns again and again to middle grade fiction. We also discuss the difference in showing internal th
I chat with children's author Rashmi Sirdeshpande about her favourite books, her discovery of narrative poetry, beautiful books, and what gives her inspiration for her own writing.Rashmi writes non-fiction books for children to inspire them and
I got the chance to chat with debut author Carly Heath all about her new book The Reckless Kind and the importance of representation in YA literature. There are lots of horses alongside the disability and LGBTQ+ storyline so of course we went o
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