Event: Can books heal?
Matt Brown
Friday, 02 November 2007 11:15 UTC
Londoners might be interested in attending the following event, which takes place at the Wellcome Collection on 8 November.
Books to make you better
At some point, we have all felt the power of literature to affect our mood, but can you read yourself well? The written word can influence us far beyond the moment of reading. Literature can transform lives. Writers and their readers know this. Doctors are beginning to apply it. In 2004 the UK rolled out its first bibliotherapy programme through GPs clinics in Devon and Wales.
Should writers aim to heal? Do we self-diagnose through our choice of reading? What are the side-effects of storytelling and does the remedy last? Join our guests in discussing the growing interest in bibliotherapy and the part writers and readers can play in the health of the nation.
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I think that event is full – I vaguely recall trying to register for it and failing. But that may not be true.
On a vaguely related note, a Workshop on Popular Science Books is taking place in February, and they are looking for proposals for topics. It is run by a few of the researchers at Imperial, and should be good.
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