Shelf Healing
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Dr Paula Byrne Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our first Shelf Healing interview we chat to Dr Paula Byrne, author and founder and CEO of ReLit: The Bibliotherapy Foundation. We discuss biblioth...
Giles Paley-Phillips Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Giles Paley-Phillips, children's picture book author and podcast host. We discuss bibliotherapy, writing, a...
Gyles Brandreth Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Gyles Brandreth, author, actor, and broadcaster. We discuss bibliotherapy, where to read, memorising poetry...
Cory Doctorow Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Cory Doctorow, science fiction author, activist, and journalist. We discuss therapeutic reading, writing, c...
Ian Evans Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Ian Evans, UCL's Publishing MA and DIS reserach students' administrator. We discuss reading, graphic novels...
Dr Radha Modgil Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Dr Radha Modgil, GP, mental health activist, and broadcaster. We discuss bibliotherapy, the rise of anxiety...
Debora Alma Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Shelf Healing interview we chat to Deborah Alma, poet and founder of The Poetry Pharmacy. We discuss bibliotherapy, poetry, prescribing poems,...
Professor Raymond Mar Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we chat to Professor Raymond Mar of the MAR Lab (York University, Canada). Raymond is a Professor of psychology and employs personality, soc...
Samantha Rayner Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Rebecca Markwick chats with Dr Samantha Rayner, Vice Dean of Wellbeing and Director of Publishing at UCL. T hey talk about how books affect ...
Cat Mitchell and Dan Holloway Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A brilliant episode in which Rebecca Markwick, Cat Mitchell, and Dan Holloway discuss the role of accessibility in the workplace, how those with disab...
The Rt Hon. Lord Alan Howarth of Newport CBE and Professor Helen Chatterjee MBE Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ne...
Ian Livingstone Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Markwick chats with the delightful Ian Livingstone, games legend. Co-founder of Games Workshop, co-creater of the Fighting Fantasy genre of bo...
Alasdair Stuart Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Markwick chats with the wonderful Audioverse Award winner and multiple Hugo and BFA finalist pop culture journalist and podcaster Alasdair Stu...
Tamsin Rosewell Interview
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Illustrator and bookseller Tamsin Rosewell joins Rebecca Markwick to talk about her experiences of reading and how she made the move into bookselling ...
Caroline Michel Interview
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Professor John Mullan Interview
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A lively and entertaining interview with Professor John Mullan about therapeutic reading and his very favourite authors Charles Dickens and Janes Aust...
Professor Sunny Singh Interview
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Markwick chats with writer and academic Professor Sunny Singh all about translations, why representation is needed and how important it is to ...
Henry Eliot Interview
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week UCL's Vice Dean of Wellbeing, Professor Samantha Rayner, chats with Henry Eliot, Creative Editor of Penguin Classics, about his new book. Th...
Tom Gauld Interview
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Marwick chats with cartoonist, illustrator and writer Tom Gauld all about drawing, writing, and creating witty comics. We also chat about his ...
Marcus Sedgwick Interview
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Marwick chats to prolific and award winning author Marcus Sedgwick all about his writing process, the therapuetic effects of writing, and how ...
Susin Nielsen Interview
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Rebecca Markwick chats with fabulous Canadian author Susin Nielsen about her new book, writing for TV and how it differs to writing for children,...