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Shelf Healing

UCL Minds

21 episodes

1 month ago

Shelf Healing is UCL's bibliotherapy and wellbeing podcast. Interviews with authors, editors, academics, and more discussing the therapeutic effect of books and reading as well as Work & Life discussions focusing on workplace wellbeing and wellbeing issues encountered in daily life. Find us on Twitter @Shelf_Healing.

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Shelf Healing is UCL's bibliotherapy and wellbeing podcast. Interviews with authors, editors, academics, and more discussing the therapeutic effect of books and reading as well as Work & Life discussions focusing on workplace wellbeing and wellbeing issues encountered in daily life. Find us on Twitter @Shelf_Healing.

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Episodes (20/21)

Shelf Healing

Dr Paula Byrne Interview

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 mental health.

2 years ago

37 minutes

Shelf Healing

Giles Paley-Phillips Interview

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.

2 years ago

25 minutes

Shelf Healing

Gyles Brandreth Interview

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 wearing and poetry reading follow #poetryandjumpers and find Gyles on twitter.

2 years ago

40 minutes

Shelf Healing

Cory Doctorow Interview

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 for to improve his own mental health. Cory's photograph by Jonathan Worth.

2 years ago

32 minutes

Shelf Healing

Ian Evans Interview

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 improve his own mental health.

2 years ago

18 minutes

Shelf Healing

Dr Radha Modgil Interview

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 wellbeing.

2 years ago

30 minutes

Shelf Healing

Debora Alma Interview

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 am joined by a guest co-host, Sara Cheraghlou.

2 years ago

25 minutes

Shelf Healing

Professor Raymond Mar Interview

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 engaging with fictional narratives across different forms of media. We talk all about the effects of narrative on social cognition, some surprising results of his psychology studies, and how this relatively new research area is full of interesting topics to explore.

2 years ago

30 minutes

Shelf Healing

Samantha Rayner Interview

This week Rebecca Markwick chats with Dr Samantha Rayner, Vice Dean of Wellbeing and Director of Publishing at UCL. They 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.

2 years ago

19 minutes

Shelf Healing

Cat Mitchell and Dan Holloway Interview

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 pandemic has affected the accessibility of the workplace. We also chat about our worries of the disabled community being left behind as the country leaves lockdown, and how accessibility needs to be incorporated into many more things including job applications and workplace culture.

2 years ago

56 minutes

Shelf Healing

The Rt Hon. Lord Alan Howarth of Newport CBE and Professor Helen Chatterjee MBE Interview

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 in the area of Creative Health. We discuss what Creative Health is, how it can help people, and what the new Masters degree will cover.

2 years ago

46 minutes

Shelf Healing

Ian Livingstone Interview

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 therapeutic effects of reading, how he and Steve Jackson created an entirely new genre of books that encouraged children to read and increased literacy rates. He shares some amusing stories about the launch of the first book and how they are still in print today. We also discuss co-writing, how important games are for critical thinking, and why having a sense of agency is so important when engaging in media.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/shelf-healing/2021/05/18/ian-livingstone/

Date of episode recording: 2021-05-18
Duration: 32:00
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Rebecca Markwick
Guests: Ian Livingstone
Producer: Rebecca Markwick (also Editor); Dr Samantha Rayner

2 years ago

32 minutes

Shelf Healing

Alasdair Stuart Interview

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 favourite things. This is a fun lively chat that goes from magicians Penn and Teller all the way to The Abyss, stopping via Nick Cage and a Dalek Escape Room. All in all a wonderful insight into the perspective of a pop culture journalist writing on very popular IP with steadfast and vocal fans.

2 years ago

36 minutes

Shelf Healing

Tamsin Rosewell Interview

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 has no bearing on how good a book is. We chat about parcel hogs, window displays, and whether Blake's Tyger was in fact an epic cat.

2 years ago

36 minutes

Shelf Healing

Caroline Michel Interview

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 difficulty in discoverability of events in an online setting, and how wonderful authors and speakers are. We also chat about the therapeutic effects of reading and books, and how wide ranging the Hay Festival talks and authors are across multiple languages.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/shelf-healing/2021/05/27/hay-festival-with-chair-caroline-michel/

Date of episode recording: 2021-05-27
Duration: 35:11
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Rebecca Markwick
Guests: Caroline Michel
Producer: Rebecca Markwick (also Editor); Dr Samantha Rayner

2 years ago

35 minutes

Shelf Healing

Professor John Mullan Interview

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 to be the very best comfort read possible. We travel through literature from Shakespeare, stopping at 18th century literature, then right though to modern day authors and thrillers.

2 years ago

36 minutes

Shelf Healing

Professor Sunny Singh Interview

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 pursuits is therapeutic, and how powerful the stories and relationships attached to books can be.

2 years ago

39 minutes

Shelf Healing

Henry Eliot Interview

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, why we reach for classics, the wellbeing effects of walking and reading, and how one goes about creating compendium and companion books.

2 years ago

37 minutes

Shelf Healing

Tom Gauld Interview

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 interesting insight into the mind of a very busy creator!

2 years ago

26 minutes

Shelf Healing

Marcus Sedgwick Interview

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.

2 years ago

47 minutes