“…A broad array of qualitative studies of creative bibliotherapy acknowledge the success of creative bibliotherapy to support psychological, social and emotional challenges (Matthijs Bal & Veltkamp, 2013;Djikic et al, 2009;Dodell-Feder & Tamir, 2018;Kid & Castano, 2013;Koopman 2011Koopman , 2013Koopman & 2015Longden et al, 2015;Mar et al, 2006;Oately & Djikic, 2018;Pino & Mazza, 2016). Benefield et al (2019) suggest that creative bibliotherapy offers opportunities to engage people through methods other than traditional therapy, through supporting people to change thinking around personal difficulties. Gray et al (2019) describe creative bibliotherapy as providing a safe and intimate social space that provides and a meaningful activity in terms of both the immediate reading experience and the purpose it brought to people's lives.…”