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 historical fiction and make a quick stop in the world of mediaeval literature.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/shelf-healing/2021/02/23/dr-samantha-rayner/ 

Date of episode recording: 2021-02-23
Duration: 19:58
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Rebecca Markwick
Guests: Dr Samantha Rayner
Producer: Rebecca Markwick (also Editor); Dr Samantha Rayner