Article: The write tonic; It has always been accepted that reading is a good thing, but is it actually good for your health? Jo Ind reports.

Byline: Jo Ind

It wIas once said that a library is a hospital for the mind. If that is true, what could make more sense than using reading groups as a way of enabling people to recover from mental illness? Two Birmingham writers, Polly Wright and Mandy Ross, are to launch a group in which people suffering in their mental health will be able to read poems and fiction out loud and discuss it together.

The Reading for Well-Being programme is being funded by the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust and will take place in Barberry and Oleaster ...

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