Friday, June 27, 2025
Walrus
Bibliotherapy is a therapeutic practice that uses literature to help individuals cope with life challenges and mental distress. It is divided into clinical bibliotherapy, conducted by certified therapists, and nonclinical bibliotherapy, often facilitated by librarians. Proponents and cognitive science research suggest that fiction allows readers to objectively process their emotions by identifying with characters, potentially increasing empathy and reducing stress. While the practice has a long history dating back to eighteenth-century asylums and is more widespread in the UK, it remains a niche field in Canada, where there is no formal licensing organization. Practitioners like Hoi Cheu use tailored reading lists to create a "cocooned space" for clients, such as Anne Boulton, to explore personal issues more gently than in traditional therapy.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Monday, June 23, 2025
Feminist Fiction Recommended Titles (in process)
Woman on the Edge of Time
Small Changes
City of Darkness, City of Light
Sex Wars
Native Tongue
Female Man
Golden Notebook
Memoirs of a Survivor
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Handmaid's Tale
Edible Woman
Surfacing
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Temple of My Familiar
Mists of Avalon
Joy Luck Club
Woman Warrior
Red Tent
Orlando
Room of One's Own
Kindred
Parable of the Sower
Wide Sargasso Sea
Gate to Women's Country
Middlemarch
Fear of Flying
Clan of the Cave Bear
Fingersmith
Tipping the Velvet
Foxfire
Girl, Interrupted
Delta of Venus
Diviners
Stone Angel
Fire-Dwellers
Devil's Arithmetic
Diamond Age
As We Are Now
Bellwether
Red Azalea
Fight Night
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