Alongside comfort and retreat, books offer insight into ourselves and others; they tell us how the world is, was or might be; they are windows into other worlds, whose meanings resonate through the ages. Its this multiplicity that is at the heart of bibliotherapy, the ancient practice of reading for therapeutic effect.

Reading the Seasonscharts the evolution of a friendship through candid letters between bibliotherapists Germaine Leece and Sonya Tsakalakis. Ignited by a shared love of reading, of finding a book for every occasion, every emotion both for themselves and for their clients their conversations soon confront lifes ups and downs. The authors they reach for range from Stephen King to Javier Marias, Helen Garner to Maggie OFarrell, as they reflect upon loss, change, parenting, careers, simple pleasures, travel, successes, fears and uncertainty.

Reading the Seasonsnot only offers an entryway to new titles but affirms the power of books to console, heal and hold us together as friends and as individuals.