In a world of rising anxiety, burnout and polarisation what role do books have to play in this digital age?
Isobel Abuhoul, OBE, the CEO of the Emirates Literature Festival, which launched this week, joins 'the mentl space' to discuss how reading is good for mental health, both for our children and for ourselves.
She tells how her lifelong love of reading has helped her through difficult times and why the Emirates Literature Festival has never been more relevant.
Visit the link below to access authors focused on health and wellbeing at the festival.
https://tickets.emirateslitfest.com/m-16-emirates-airline-festival-of-literature-2023.aspx?VectorFilterID=0&CategoryFilterID=0&LibraryFilterID=12&GenreFilterID=0&LanguageFilter=0&SectionFilterID=0
By the way, after a technical issue the audio was rebuilt using an AI tool.