2008 Year Of Reading
Mind And Body
Any non-fiction books about physical or mental health. Any self-help health books.
Promote your Books on Prescription stock/schemes promote lists/bookmarks if you can.
Promote reading for pleasure as a route to better mental health, and flag up your readers’ groups if they are open to new members.
Obviously flag up any groups or activities targeted at people with health issues.
There is divided opinion currently about whether or not people with mild mental health problems want to read “something cheering/uplifting” or whether they want something that reflects their own situation/condition. Below are a few examples of both:
Librarians in the North West have pioneered partnership working to encourage new readers into libraries. Time To Read is a partnership of librarians engaged in reader development activity in public library authorities in the North West Region. All 23 public library authorities in the region currently support Time To Read.