We’re such a lucky bunch here at the wellbeing reading group! Last week we welcomed our third author to our virtual reading group meeting. This time the fantastic Helen Naylor author of My mother, Munchausen’s and me came along to Read More …
Category: Wellbeing
Luckenbooth- A Reading Group Review
A small but perfectly formed wellbeing reading group from GEH and SWFT met this month to discuss an intriguing read- the dark and unusual Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan. To begin with half our number admitted they hadn’t finished the book, Read More …
Wellbeing Reading Group- World Book Day and the Queen as sleuth!
This month our Wellbeing Reading Group virtual meeting coincided with World Book Day. Unlike many children dressed up for the day in their favourite fictional characters there were no headscarves, crowns or tiaras on show during our discussion of The Read More …
Have mercy! Reading Group review of The Mercies.
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 …
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 …