The conference will feature a number of acclaimed speakers exploring the links between shared reading and wellbeing
The Reader Organisation’s third national conference:
Reading to Live Well
The Reading to Live Well conference is aimed at professionals working to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities – those commissioning, delivering, researching, referring or funding services – who want to learn how their pioneering project ‘Get Into Reading’ can help support service users in their recovery, improve the morale and motivation of staff involved and promote the importance of reading aloud together for pleasure.
Speakers include:
Dr Iona Heath, President of the Royal College of GPs
Jonathan Rose, Professor of History at Drew University (New Jersey, USA), internationally acclaimed specialist on the history of the book and reading
Lemn Sissay, award-winning poet and the first to write for the Olympics 2012
The Reading to Live Well conference will showcase Get Into Reading projects in London and across the UK. It will also explain ‘how and why’ Get Into Reading works for readers and non-readers alike, and disseminate key findings of two recent research projects by the University of Liverpool on the impact of the Get Into Reading model on people with depression and dementia.
Click here to book your place at the Reading to Live Well conference.