Shelf Healing

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.

Show Notes

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 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.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/shelf-healing/2021/02/23/dr-samantha-rayner/ 

Date of episode recording: 2021-02-23
Duration: 19:58
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Rebecca Markwick
Guests: Dr Samantha Rayner
Producer: Rebecca Markwick (also Editor); Dr Samantha Rayner

What is Shelf Healing?

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.