I have some exciting news to share! I have been working on a series of free bibliotherapy podcasts for State Library Victoria.

On Saturday State Library Victoria launch a new podcast series, Bibliotherapy with State Library Victoria. Each episode will focus on a different feeling or experience to use the healing power of literature to nourish and comfort us during this challenging time. In this 9-part series, I will read and speak to selected literary texts and poems that focus on different aspects of wellbeing, using a facilitated self-reflective approach. If you have friends or family you think would benefit from these free podcasts, please invite them to subscribe and, of course, I do hope you will listen for yourself.

https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/bibliotherapy

You can find it on podcast apps – just search ‘Bibliotherapy with State Library Victoria’ and links are provided below.

Spotify

Apple Podcasts

TuneIn

Stitcher

Launching our chapter in ‘Bibliotherapy ‘ the new bibliotherapy guide to support the health and wellbeing of communities published by Facet UK. Thank you Dr Sue Reynolds for launching.

“Reading is more than a distraction; it is an active engaging of the imagination, which causes you to enter what psychologists describe as an altered state of consciousness.”

Aurora article July 2018

I have a new article, Looking Beyond Traditional Bibliotherapy: A New View, recently published on Taylor & Francis Online and is in the latest issue of Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, Issue 3.

http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SYN9BFpHXY9EfaHeMuqS/full

During 774 ABC Melbourne recent Radio-in-Residence in the community at State Library Victoria, I was grateful to have the opportunity to talk bibliotherapy with the lovely Clare Bowditch

https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/peW3ZJa9a3?play=true

Words That Heal was recently in Sydney to present, be inspired and have fun at the 2014 Arts Health Institute Creative Ideas Convention, held at Luna Park Sydney 24-25 November. What an inspiring two days about engaging and connecting through creative arts. Thank you Arts Health Institute for the opportunity to present on creative bibliotherapy.

There was even free rides at lunch time for some additional Wild Mouse roller coaster pulse-pounding therapy!

Here is a great video from the convention, talking about the importance of creativity, connection and imagination in healing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAr3KOw19-w

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