Have mercy! Our latest reading group saw an animated discussion of The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. A dramatic historical work set in the 1600s on a remote Norwegian island, the book takes us through how a community of women Read More …
Category: Wellbeing
Life in Gloucester Crescent- the Wellbeing Reading Group welcomes the author William Miller.
The wellbeing reading group were lucky enough to have the author of our most recent book attend our meeting in December. William Miller, author of Gloucester Crescent, joined us virtually from his sitting room in the famous Crescent, and answered Read More …
BAM! Our reading group’s recommendations by BAME authors pack a punch!
As part of the Trust’s celebration of Black History Month this October, the Wellbeing Reading Group decided not to focus on a single book at this month’s meeting. Instead, we asked our members to come along and tell us about Read More …
Latest from the Wellbeing Reading Group
So what did we all think about The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle? Despite being a best seller and winner of the Costa First Novel Award in 2018 most of us felt this clever novel didn’t quite keep us guessing until Read More …
At Night All Blood is Black – a winner with the GEH Wellbeing Reading Group?
This month our reading group was lucky enough to be chosen by the Reading Agency to read David Diop’s 2021 International Booker Prize winning book At Night All Blood is Black, and whew, what a read it was! A short, Read More …
Staycation in style with Warwickshire Libraries
We’re having a break from our monthly Twitter #HealthChat until October but have invited our Warwickshire colleague Emily to write a post about all what’s available at your local public library. We are amazed at all the activities they provide Read More …
Going international
International travel continues to be difficult but fortunately according to the writer Mason Cooley “reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are”. So we are really excited to be reading the winner of the Read More …
eMagazines from Warwickshire Libraries
eMagazine service from Warwickshire libraries In our recent Library Survey we were asked for Time Out/Leisure magazines for our Wellbeing Corner. Whilst we’ve a well used Time Out book collection (all donations thank you 😀 ) we are not able to Read More …
Living with dementia, Somebody I used to know
This month our Wellbeing Reading Group was privileged to host Wendy Mitchell the author of our latest read Somebody I Used to Know. Wendy wrote her memoir of being diagnosed and living with dementia alongside her co-author Anna Wharton, and Read More …
Strike sure or were we about The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing?
Well a bit more of a mixed kitbag for this book than our recent reads, perhaps due to not all of us managing to finish the book before our virtual discussion. At 504 pages it’s a lengthy book and it Read More …