We’d saved What July Knew by Emily Koch to read in July with our wellbeing reading group. Purely because of the name! Our readers enjoyed this book for the most part. There were some parts that were difficult to read, Read More …
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Bring and Buy Plant Stall
The 25th July saw the Library’s bring and buy plant stall with all proceeds going to the hospital’s gardens. It all started when another health library in our consortium put a request in for all of our four gardening books. Querying Read More …
GEH Kindness book giveaway
The Wellbeing Reading Team at George Eliot were thrilled to receive some books from a publisher, and decided the time was right for a kindness giveaway. We asked our fantastic colleagues at GEH to nominate a member of staff who Read More …
Team Insights training
For the first time on Thursday 8th June, the joint Knowledge and Library Service met for training together at the Eliot Park Innovation Centre. It was very useful for our whole team to meet, as we are normally based on Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group Book Review of The Good People by Hannah Kent
This month’s GEH reading group meeting was full to the brim with discussion, opinions, emotions and history! We read The Good People by Hannah Kent, and as ever with our group, it evoked a mixed reaction from our readers. The Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group Book Review- A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter
“An absolute banger of a book!” – Katie What more can I add to Katie’s review? Well let’s start with a synopsis of the book. In 1934 Christiane Ritter, an Austrian artist, joins her husband, an explorer and hunter, in Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group Book Review- Bridge of Clay
As the person writing this review I have a preference to declare. Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak is my favourite of all the books we’ve read at our reading group. Which is a big statement considering we’ve been running Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Our Wellbeing Reading Group met early in March to discuss our latest book- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Although the book was relatively short- less than 250 pages- It was one of the more unusual reads that we’ve tackled. This fantasy Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review- The Herd by Emily Edwards
OK cards on the table time. I was too busy being involved in the discussion this month to take notes. Reading group facilitator fail. Reading group discussion success! It really was an enjoyable session this month. Our book was The Read More …
The Appeal- GEH Wellbeing Reading Group book review
The Appeal by Janice Hallett was the first book discussed by our reading group at George Eliot in 2023. It’s an unusual murder mystery novel set in a village where the Fairway Players, led by local businessman Martin and his Read More …