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Books for World Mental Health Day

Posted on October 7, 2020
by Rachel Gladman

World Mental Health Day falls on the 10th October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilising efforts in support of mental health. This year has been difficult for many and if you’re dealing with ill…

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#MHAW2020

Posted on May 21, 2020
by Fizza Nayyer

This Mental Health Awareness Week, the theme is kindness. We've collated some of our titles that help you practice kindness to yourself and to others around.

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Tara J. Lal Picks on Mental Health

Posted on May 11, 2016
by Watkins

Standing on My Brother’s Shoulders' author Tara J. Lal is a female firefighter in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, and a physiotherapist. Tara’s childhood was scarred by the debilitating mental illness of her father and by her mother’s death from cancer when she was thirteen. Caught up in…

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Suicide: The Ultimate Rejection of Love

Posted on September 28, 2015
by Watkins

by Tara J. LAl My brother Adam took his own life shortly after his twentieth birthday and I was left, in my eyes, rejected and alone. He had jumped from his study window at Oxford University and was placed on life support in intensive care…

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Tara J. Lal and the Challenges of Writing ‘Standing on My Brother’s Shoulders’

Posted on September 23, 2015
by Watkins

We had a chat with Tara J. Lal at the launch of her book Standing on my Brother's Shoulders, recently out in paperback. Tara is a female firefighter in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Born and bred in London, she holds two university degrees and is a practising…