Why Reading Matters BBC 4 February 9th

Jen Tomkins at The Reader Organisation has emailed to highlight a TV documentary coming up on BBC4. The documentary covers the developing field of therapeutic reading, based on research into the way the brain is affected by reading:

Why Reading Matters, BBC Four

 At 9pm on 9th February 2009, The Reader Organisation’s pioneering wellbeing project, Get Into Reading, will feature in a documentary on BBC4 called Why Reading Matters. More information here: Why Reading Matters.

Here’s the blurb from the programme, complete with a note on ‘the new digital revolution’. I hope that aspect of the documentary is more thoughtful than it sounds:
