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Ready and waiting: what the voluntary sector can do for social prescribing in Liverpool
New report calls for healthcare sector to harness VCSE potential to make the most of social prescribing in Liverpool At the heart of every community, there’s a…
A Masterclass on Shared Reading with Older People – celebrating 74 groups in the South West
25 Reader Leaders from across the South West came together last week for a Masterclass on Reading with Older People…
‘Something creative and unpredictable in an otherwise very controlled environment’: Shared Reading in Secure Mental Healthcare
Fiona Magee, research assistant based at CRILS – Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society – and Reader Leader…
Exploring Ozymandias in HMP Whitemoor
In our second Group of the Month, we’re shining the spotlight on HMP Whitemoor, where The Reader’s Brendan Harrington runs…
Pain Relief through Shared Reading
A Californian study has suggested that a trip to an art gallery can provide pain relief. The Reader’s Kate McDonnell,…
Bringing Shared Reading to Kensington Palace
Great Shared Reading doesn’t need much in the way of surroundings: some people in a space, with chairs to sit…
The Reader 67
Since our last meeting with The Reader magazine, a chill had crept into the air and it won’t be long now until…
An Evaluation of a Pilot Study of a Literature-Based Intervention with Women in Prison
This study, carried out by the Centre for Research into Reading, Information and Linguistic Systems (CRILS) at the University of Liverpool, investigated…
Reading and Talking: Exploring the experience of taking part in reading group at Vauxhall Health Care Centre
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A Practice-informed Study of the Theoretical Bases for Bibliotherapy
Building on the University of Liverpool’s groundbreaking MA Reading in Practice, the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award partners us with CRILS…
An investigation into the therapeutic benefits of reading in relation to depression and well-being
This one-year research study concluded that Shared Reading groups helped patients suffering from depression in terms of their social, mental, emotional…
A Literature-Based Intervention for Older People Living with Dementia
Funded by the Headley Trust, the conclusions of this six-month study found that the literature-based intervention provided by Shared Reading…
