Participants in Shared Reading groups say that the experience helps them feel better, lifts their mood, or benefits their mental health. But what about physical problems – can Shared Reading help with them too? The Reader Podcast spoke to Helen Cook, who has been part of a long-running Shared Reading group for people living with chronic pain, to learn what Shared Reading means to her.  

Links: 

More information about chronic pain: Chronic Pain on NHS website; The British Pain Society; charity Pain Concern 

Potiki by Patricia Grace 

More about Shared Reading 

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