Thank you Natalie Lue, Laia Bové, Jon Howski, Emma Obrelius, and many others for tuning into my live video with Claire Venus (she/her) ✨!

(Featuring Mr Shelf Help’s trainer collection - sorry, guys, I needed the daylight from that window 😆!),

This conversation was mostly about the creation and launch of the podcast I co-host with Tanya Lynch, The Bibliotherapists, which started out as a pop-up piece of fun between two new friends and ended up going viral and topping the global bookish podcast charts.

But we also talked about reading for self-care, the power of Substack community, and even Peter Andre.

Enjoy!

Toni 💛

ps: Did you know you can switch from video to audio if you’d rather listen to the Live…

ABOUT THE BIBLIOTHERAPISTS

Incase you haven’t discovered The Bibliotherapists yet, this is a podcast all about the healing power of words, hosted on Substack and featuring some of our favourite writers and creatives from the platform.

We just published our 10th episode featuring Emma Gannon and you can listen on the link below…

Our other episodes include;

* Ep #1: Meet The Bibliotherapists (Toni interviews Tanya)

* Ep #2: Meet The Bibliotherapists Part 2 (Tanya interviews Toni)

* Beth Kempton Ep #3: Beth Kempton - The older you are, the more you have to say as a writer

* Claire Venus (she/her) ✨ Ep #4: Claire Venus - Investing in my Self is key to Substack success

* Lucy Pearson Ep #5: Lucy Pearson - How to read 100 books before breakfast

* Laura Pashby Ep #6: Laura Pashby - An author's guide to the best writing guides

* Anne Boyd Ep #7: Anne Boyd - What happens when you quit your life aged 50?

* Tamu Thomas Ep #8: Tamu Thomas - OUT with toxic productivity and IN with gentle unfolding for 2025

* Women Are Mad with Jen&Salima Ep #9: Women Are Mad - Jen & Salima on reading for feeling & healing

* Emma Gannon Ep #10: Emma Gannon on the pressures of success, the power of self-help and that tricky 2nd novel

Get full access to 💛 The Shelf Help Clubhouse at shelfhelpclub.substack.com/subscribe