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Celebrate #LibrariesWeek by Reading Well

Come and see the new Reading Well Collection in the Health Library in the CEC at Royal Stoke.   Or browse the collection online and see the extra books we have chosen for our Reading Well collection. We have the ten Uplifting books recommended by a panel of NHS staff -  Uplifting resources: for the NHS, from the NHS  as well as others on the Reading Agency’s Reading Well lists. The NHS Uplifting Collection has fiction, non-fiction, and poetry books, supported by uplifting digital resources, including poems, websites, videos and apps. Click here  for links to the digital resources. The Health Library at County h as the Uplifting books too and others you can read to relax and unwind. The Reading Agency has published reports about the benefits of reading for pleasure including these findings: Readers for pleasure report fewer feelings of stress and depression than non-readers (28% more likely to report feelings of depression). Reading for just 30 minutes a w...