bibliotherapy Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/bibliotherapy/ The magazine for the library and information sector Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:51:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://incite.alia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-logo-32x32.png bibliotherapy Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/bibliotherapy/ 32 32 The Conditions of Attention https://incite.alia.org.au/the-conditions-of-attention/ https://incite.alia.org.au/the-conditions-of-attention/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:48:20 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=2634 The reading spaces I facilitate are intentionally quiet. Stories are read aloud slowly, with spacious pauses between them. There is no requirement to respond, analyse or extract meaning. Participants are invited to listen and to remain with the stories themselves. What interests me afterwards is not only the reading itself, but what the experience reveals about attention and the conditions that allow it to settle.

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]]> https://incite.alia.org.au/the-conditions-of-attention/feed/ 0 Beyond Book Prescription: Expanding Bibliotherapy in Library Practice https://incite.alia.org.au/beyond-book-prescription-expanding-bibliotherapy-in-library-practice/ https://incite.alia.org.au/beyond-book-prescription-expanding-bibliotherapy-in-library-practice/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:57:58 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=2442 Interest in bibliotherapy has grown across library and community settings alongside increasing attention to wellbeing and mental health. At a time when attention is increasingly fragmented and reading is often shaped by speed and interruption, the way stories are encountered is becoming more significant. Within this context, bibliotherapy is often understood as the recommendation of books for particular needs or life situations, and this continues to be an important aspect of library practice. Alongside this, there is growing focus on how reading is experienced, where story is met in ways that allow reflection, connection and meaning to emerge.

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