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Military Fiction Book Club READING FICTION IS FUN, but it’s more than that as well. Readers of fiction have been shown to have higher emotional intelligence and empathy than those who read non-fiction or who don’t read at all.
Reading broadly and reading outside of one’s field of expertise, encourages the range, emotional intelligence, creative thinking, self-awareness, reflection, empathy, and openness to experience that are critical for senior leaders, but which are difficult to assess and develop Dr. J. Whitt, Associate Professor of Strategy, United States Army War College.
Reading fiction sparks creativity and stimulates the brain in the ‘embodied cognition’ areas that enhance learning new skills. Fiction provides readers with a ‘sandbox’ in which to explore new concepts, new ideas, and new worldviews, fostering innovation through openness to experience.
some will be funny, some will be more serious. We’ll have a mix of interaction options if you’d like to get involved discussing what we’ve read, and material for each title will be available via private Facebook group or email for those who prefer not to use social media.
We’d like to invite you to join the RAF Mildenhall Library in a new Book Club – one where the focus will be fiction that has a military-related theme. We’ll range from popular fiction to literary fiction to science fiction and beyond;
If you’d like to receive an email letting you know how to find the Facebook group and get added, upcoming book titles, and other information – or you just have a question – please send us an email at: rafmlibrary@gmail and we’ll
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get right back to you. We’re looking forward to reading with you!
The first Book Club begins on the 21st February, and we’ll be reading “Monstrous Regiment” by Terry Pratchett: a story with themes of mentorship, women in the military, identity, war, and politics... all wrapped up in an easy to read story full of humour and warmth.
