Writing Tips From Professor Daisy Fancourt: Write On! Audio Weekly

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Professor Daisy Fancourt discussing the health benefits of arts participation.

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio , the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print. For our April Writing Tips we're chatting with academic and author, Daisy Fancourt, professor of psychobiology and epidemiology at University College London . For her latest book 'Art Cure: How the Arts Can Transform Your Health and Help You Live Longer' she has undertaken extensive research into the health and well-being benefits of participation in the arts and looked at the ways in which artists and writers can maximise benefits to both themselves and those who engage with their work. For this recording, Daisy was in conversation with playwright Lucy Kaufman and Write On! Editor Madeleine White. You can find out more about Professor Daisy Fancourt and her work by visiting her University College London profile page https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44526-daisy-fancourt Read more about Daisy’s book ‘Art Cure: How the Arts Can Transform Your Health and Help You Live Longer' ands order a copy from Penguin here https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462340/art-cure-by-fancourt-daisy/9781529935530 All content associated with this podcast in audio and in print is protected and may not be…

People in this episode

Host: Madeleine White

Guest: Daisy Fancourt

Topics covered

• writing tips
• health benefits of arts
• interview
• psychobiology
• epidemiology

Keywords

• writing
• Daisy Fancourt
• art therapy
• health
• well-being
• psychobiology
• epidemiology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University College London, Penguin

Books & works: Art Cure: How the Arts Can Transform Your Health and Help You Live Longer

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