Bedside Reading

Send us Fan Mail It's Valentines Day this week and in celebration we have a love story on the podcast today. This isn't a traditional schmaltzy love story though, The Salt Path is a stunning love letter, the record of a long walk and features the sort of love story most of us will never be lucky enough to experience. Tara is joined by Pim Dahan to talk about love, homelessness, the power...

Send us Fan Mail Join Tara George and Trisha Cantley as they talk about Ben Watt's memoir Patient. Yes it is that Ben Watt from "Everything But The Girl".  This is the at times terrifying story of a mystery illness which results in a young man having a near death experience and a prolonged and terrifying hospital stay.  We talk about our experiences of hospitals as doctors rather th...

Send us Fan Mail Join Tara as she talks to Ripon Ahmed about Sunjeev Sahota's phenomenal novel "The Year of the Runaways".   This is a wonderful book and we had such a brilliant discussion about migration, generational changes, aspiration, survival, access to healthcare, attitudes to mental illness, homelessness, families, caste, class and discrimination among many many other things...

Send us Fan Mail This episode Tara is talking to Emma Cunliffe a locum civilian medical practitioner for the MOD and long standing Out of Hours GP about Fredrick Backman's book A Man Called Ove.  They talk about unexpected friendships, grumpy old men, grief and how life experiences  shape us in unimaginable ways. This book does explore suicidal thoughts and attempts and whilst framed in a lig...

Send us Fan Mail This week Tara is talking to Catriona Davis a remote and rural GP on Islay about Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet.  We explore themes around relationships, bereavement, child bereavement in particular, plagues and getting lost in stories.   Some resources you may find helpful Child Bereavement UK Helpline 0800 028 8840 https://www.childbereavementuk.org RCGP Child Bereavement Guidelines...

Send us Fan Mail Tara speaks to Jo Stewart, a GP in Western Australia about James Rhodes’ book Instrumental . We talk about Adverse Childhood Experiences, Attachment, language, safeguarding and the power of holding space.  Find out more about James Rhodes here https://www.jamesrhodes.tv **TRIGGER WARNING** : This is a very dark book in places and in the discussion we talk about the catastrophic ab...

Send us Fan Mail This week Tara is talking to Charlotte Squires, digital media editor for the British Geriatric Society and the organiser of the wonderful #geribookclub on twitter about Richard Osman's debut "The Thursday Murder Club". They discuss the evolution of relationships, putting older people front and centre in a novel, the value of role models and why #bemorejoyce should b...

Send us Fan Mail Tara talks to Nicola Davis about Night Feeds and Morning Songs  a glorious collection of poems about motherhood (collected and curated by Ana Sampson who was Tara's guest on 7th December for the Christmas shopping episode) The talk about the romanticised idyll of motherhood vs the reality, juggling multiple roles, the value of good perinatal care and the fabulous accessibilit...

Send us Fan Mail This week Tara talks to Zuhriya Muazu a Doncaster GP about Laurie Frankel's "The Atlas of Love". They talking about being good enough,  what families look like in the modern world and how much human beings have the capacity for love and change.

Send us Fan Mail This episode Tara talks to Rema Jyothirmayi about When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. They talk about doctors as patients, the importance of role models, making choices for yourself and choices for others and how different palliative care seems to be in the US compared to the UK. Make yourself a cup of tea and sit down for a reflective listen

Send us Fan Mail Today Tara and Ana Sampson explore some great ideas for books for everyone’s Christmas list. We talk about motherhood, the secret world of the hospital, pretentious gifts, and the power of nature among many other relevant topics.   Find Ana @anabooks on Instagram and twitter or her website https://www.anasampson.co.uk   Her stunning recent anthology “Night Feeds and Morning Songs”...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tara talks to Henry Goldstein, adolescent physician and one of the founders of the incredible paediatric FOAMed organisation Don't Forget the Bubbles about Tim Winton's thought provoking and absorbing novel Cloudstreet. They talk about the fact that reading fiction can only ever improve your skills as a clinician, the power of narrative, the value of look...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tara talks to Naren Senthil Nathan about Gareth Thomas' Memoir "Stronger".  They discuss  whether you need to be a sports fan to enjoy a sporting memoir (not for this book!), stigma, ignorance, HIV education and good communication

Send us Fan Mail In this launch episode Tara talks to Liz Herrieven about Matthew Dicks' novel "Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend".  They discuss imaginary friends, what we need vs what others think we need, getting "stuck", getting unstuck and the importance of being loved. Liz also shared the wonderful mnemonic TEACH for improving communication when talking to children with...

Send us Fan Mail welcome to bedside reading, I can't wait to start sharing books and ideas with you, the podcast goes live on Tuesday 16th November, here's a tiny taster to whet your appetite