The book our readers dug into this month was an epic one! Save me from the waves is the story of Jessica Hepburn’s journey to the summit of Mount Everest, by way of the entire back catalogue of Desert Island Read More …
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New books – commencing 12th Feb 2024
New books – commencing 12th Feb 2024 Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing Aesthetic and Metaphoric Processes in the Engagement With Challenging Patients Shira Birnbaum Publisher’s Synopsis Awarded first place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Psychiatric Read More …
New books at GEH week commencing – 29th Jan 2024
We have a few new books this week. All available to borrow now from our GEH Library. An Adult With an Autism Diagnosis A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Gillan Drew The effect of autism on social skills is Read More …
GEH Wellbeing reading group book reviews and recommendations 2024 edition!
Our January Reading Group followed our now annual tradition of inviting our readers to tell us about their Christmas reads, the books they gave or received over the festive period, or books they’d like to recommend. Take a look through Read More …
Behold! The spoils of war
The winners of our inaugural KLS staff Christmas quiz were Stephen, Rayanne, Bev and Lisa, also known as the Old Guard. A brilliant game was played by the A Team which consisted of Gavin, Deb, Zoe and Nathan, and the Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group Book Review- The White Rock by Anna Hope.
We were kindly gifted copies of The White Rock by Anna Hope by the publishers for our reading group, and we were quite eager to read it. The book starts in 2020 with a minibus of strangers on a pilgrimage Read More …
Book Review- The Poetry Pharmacy Forever!
Thank you to the publisher for sending copies of this Poetry Pharmacy Forever by Willliam Sieghart for our reading group. I really enjoyed the look and feel of this book. The textured, old fashioned cover gives it weight and a 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 …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group review of The dark circle by Linda Grant
Our September read at George Eliot was The Dark Circle by Linda Grant. Written in 2016 and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, it’s set in the 1950s and tells the story of teenage twins Lenny and Miriam. The Read More …
Library colleagues join the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge for GEH Charity
On Friday, three of us from the library team took part in the gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds for the George Eliot Hospital Charity. Rayanne, Zoe and Nathan joined a group of 15 colleagues and friends of Read More …