To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey was a suitably chilly novel to read in January for our wellbeing reading group at GEH. Set in Alaska in the late 1800s the novel charts the story of Lieutenant Read More …
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New Library Branch Opening…well sort of…
We’re proud to support the Trust’s sustainability plans, and as libraries, we always think green (what says Green Champions more than sharing books rather than everyone buying their own?), so this week we were thrilled to have the opportunity to Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review- A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
For more information about the tragedy see: The Wellbeing reading group at GEH started the year off with an emotional read, A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe. It starts in 1966 with William, a newly qualified embalmer, traveling to Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review of The Travelling Bag by Susan Hill
The spooky Halloween offering for our wellbeing reading group was The Travelling Bag by Susan Hill, the author of the spine tingling The Women in Black. A little different to our usual reading diet of novels, this collection of ghostly Read More …
New books week commencing Monday 1st of October, 2024
Diagnostic Protocols in Endocrinology Sanjay K. Bhadada (editor), Liza Das (editor), Rimesh Pal (editor) Publisher’s Synopsis Endocrinology is perhaps, the only branch of medicine where stimulation and suppression testing are required as the initial step for biochemical confirmation of the clinical condition Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of Miriam Margolyes This much is true
Miriam Margolyes’ autobiography was an interesting choice for our readers this month. At the age of 80, BAFTA winning Miriam has written her remarkable life story. From birth to (almost) recent day it explains how being conceived in an air-raid Read More …
Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month at George Eliot
A rather windy August day saw the Knowledge and Library Services in the Serenity Garden at GETEC, celebrating South Asian Heritage Month with staff. Having anchored everything down due to the blustery weather (making us feel rather less than serene!), Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group Review- The last murder at the end of the world by Stuart Turton
This was our second reading group book from Stuart Turton, with the group having read The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle a while ago. This novel had a much more positive review from our readers! The story is an intriguing Read More …
Take Pride in your NHS at George Eliot Hospital
In June, Lisa and I went to the Pride event at George Eliot Hospital to promote the Knowledge and Library Service. The foyer was a wealth of rainbows, with stands from Wellbeing, Unison, and Unite (amongst others). In comparison I Read More …
SWFT & GEH Review of The Magician by Colm Toibin
The joint Wellbeing Reading Group book choice for Pride Month turned out to be a bit of a Marmite book, with some of the group absolutely loving it, and some definitely not! The novel was a fictionalised account of the Read More …