After an astonishing career of more than thirty years’ service, colleagues from Warwick Hospital and beyond bid a fond farewell to librarian Nick Harden on Thursday 25th April. Both the NHS and libraries have seen profound changes since Nick started Read More …
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SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group book review of The High House by Jessie Greengrass
This month’s read was a “cli-fi” novel by Jessie Greengrass. Set in the near future, it centred around the lives of Caro, Pauly, Sally, and Grandy in the ark-like High House. This is a bleak dystopian future when floods have Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group book review of Marple: 12 New Stories (various authors)
The March book choice for SWFT was a bit of a change from our usual fare. Marple is a collection of short stories by 12 different authors, with the central figure of Agatha Christie‘s Miss Marple linking the tales. Miss Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of Essex Dogs by Dan Jones
“Some men fight for glory. Others fight for coin. The Essex Dogs? They fight for each other.” Our book group choice for February was Dan Jones’s Essex Dogs. This is his debut historical novel, and the first of a trilogy. Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group’s book reviews and recommendations
This wasn’t technically a Christmas present, but it was something one of our readers acquired in December. It is the story of three characters, Opaline, Martha, and Henry and how their lives are tangled up in the secrets of a Read More …
Book Review of The Trial by Rob Rinder
The Education Centre Library were recently given a copy of The Trial by Rob Rinder to give an honest review and add to our Leisure collection. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve probably either heard of, or seen Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood
Our book choice for December was The Ecliptic, a novel which was shortlisted for the Encore Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. The book blurb looked interesting, setting the scene of an artists colony off the coast Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of Frostquake by Juliet Nicolson
On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not stop for ten weeks. The threat of nuclear war had reached its terrifying height with the recent Cuban Missile Crisis, unemployment Read More …
Joint SWFT and GEH Wellbeing read: Lioness by Emily Perkins
The joint book group choice for this month was Lioness by Emily Perkins. Described as ‘perfection’ (Glamour magazine), ‘a thoughtful, intelligent novel about one woman’s search for more meaning’ (Good Housekeeping), ‘a coolly ironic look at modern womanhood’ (The Times) Read More …
Celebrating Clinical Librarians on World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day
Happy World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day everyone from Rayanne and Lisa, your Clinical Librarian Team. This annual event highlights the importance of using the best available research evidence to inform clinical decision making and provide the highest quality patient care. In Read More …