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How reading fiction impacts our mental health

Jun 10, 202626:29Health

How does reading shape our mind and spirit? Why do novels make us feel more human? In front of a live audience at the Hay Festival of Literature & Arts in Wales in the UK, Claudia Hammond looks at the science of what rea...

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How reading fiction impacts our mental health is an episode from Health Check by BBC. How does reading shape our mind and spirit? Why do novels make us feel more human? In front of a live audience at the Hay Festival of Literature & Arts in...

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Published Jun 10, 2026, 26:29 long, audio available.

How reading fiction impacts our mental health

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