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A Blog on Life, the Universe & Stories...
We hope you enjoy this collection of stories, insights and articles about reading and life from our groups members, facilitators, clients, community and friends.
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What’s not to love?!
A reflection on the experience of Shared Reading and our Facilitator Training written by Susan Connell... I love books and love reading....
Christopher Smith
Jun 232 min read
Doing a TED Talk when you’re socially anxious...
Christopher Smith reflects on his recent experience as a TEDx speaker when all of his fears came true... what's the worst that could...
Christopher Smith
Dec 9, 20245 min read
Helping people feel less alone... why I became a Shared Reading facilitator.
Chris reflects on his journey and the purpose he found in Shared Reading groups.
Christopher Smith
Mar 22, 20233 min read
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination...
Alison shares her experience of a Shared Reading group in this beautifully written piece. Thank you Alison.
Alison
Mar 16, 20234 min read
“All I have to do is open up to the nourishment coming in”
Freda has been attending a Shared Reading group for a couple of years now. Here, she reflects on how she came to be in the group and what...
Freda (group member)
Jul 5, 20192 min read
Gratitude is a reward for letting go...
“I am beginning to understand that my reactions to what people say and do are to do with the ways in which I have been conditioned – that...
Christopher Smith
Jan 18, 20185 min read
How shared reading helped me to be near people
– By Sara Fawcett – “…it made me almost feel free. Like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I found myself talking to people I hadn’t...
Sara Fawcett
Dec 5, 20177 min read
Stories of change – Mary
“…I thought that I could not get back into nursing, shared reading has changed that…” Mary has been attending shared reading groups for...
Mary Houghis
Nov 30, 20171 min read
A Reading Resurrection
Literature was murdered for me in high school. The dissection of texts, the endless analysis of meaning and themes, seemed to destroy the...
Alex Carbonetti
Aug 11, 20172 min read
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