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Yet another good reason to read books, as if we didn’t have enough already!
English public libraries have reported major success with a new scheme of free book ‘prescriptions’ for common mental health conditions and dementia.
Source: World Mental Health Day: Reading Well loans have doubled, says new report | Reading Agency
Sonja attends the vigil for our lost library with a celebratory recital – it’s not all bad news, really!
Campaigners held a vigil for Brent’s lost libraries with a spring in their step to celebrate volunteer campaigns to bring them back into use.
Source: Torch vigil remembers anniversary of library closures in Brent – Heritage – Kilburn Times
Fascinating audio from Matt Haig (author of The Humans and The Radleys) on the theraputic effect of words and writing. Worth a listen!
How words helped heal author Matt Haig from depression
Source: ‘Books were reasons to stay alive’, Radio 4 in Four – BBC Radio 4
Managing director James Daunt says: ‘Sales continue to be pitiful so we are taking the display space back.’
Source: Waterstones to stop selling Kindle as book sales surge | Books | The Guardian
Chair of the Swedish Academy says Belarusian journalist’s work is a ‘monument to suffering in our time’
Source: Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature | Books | The Guardian