Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Books for Bowel Cancer is an April reading event hosted by Charlie @CharlieBrookReads to remind us to look for the early signs that could mean we need checking for bowel cancer. See below for symptoms and prompts.
Picture This is hosted by Jack @spreadbookjoy and Shelley @Shellyish
Neglected Victorian Bestsellers is hosted by Roy @royreadsanything
Sagalong is hosted by Vin @revenantreads Debs @RaynorReadsStuff and others
Reading the Globe main host is Katja @PageTurnersWithKatja
Books mentioned:
Picture books including Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Lulu's Flying Babies by Posy Simmonds, The Bear Under the Stairs by Helen Cooper, I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen, All Join In by Quentin Blake
Lost Sir Massingberd by James Payn
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto translated by Megan Backus
Embers by Sandor Marai translated by Carol Brown Janeway
Saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi
Saga of the Confederates
The Bacchae by Euripides translated by Emily Wilson
Symptoms /Prompts
1) Symptom: Bleeding from your bottom/Blood in your poo
Prompt: A book with Red on the cover
2) Symptom:Losing weight but you’re not sure why
Prompt: a book with fewer than 400 pages
3) Symptom: A change in how often you poo, or regularly having diarrhoea ir constipation
Prompt: Read a book that’s different to you from your “norm” e.g different genre, format etc
4) Symptom: Feeling tired all the time but you aren’t sure why
Self-care Prompt: do something to treat yourself e.g watch a movie or have a long soak in the bath
5) Symptom: A pain or lump in your tummy
Prompt: A book you have been avoiding/ or revisit a soft DNF
Books for Bowel Cancer is an April reading event hosted by Charlie @CharlieBrookReads to remind us to look for the early signs that could mean we need checking for bowel cancer. See below for symptoms and prompts.
Picture This is hosted by Jack @spreadbookjoy and Shelley @Shellyish
Neglected Victorian Bestsellers is hosted by Roy @royreadsanything
Sagalong is hosted by Vin @revenantreads Debs @RaynorReadsStuff and others
Reading the Globe main host is Katja @PageTurnersWithKatja
Books mentioned:
Picture books including Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Lulu's Flying Babies by Posy Simmonds, The Bear Under the Stairs by Helen Cooper, I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen, All Join In by Quentin Blake
Lost Sir Massingberd by James Payn
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto translated by Megan Backus
Embers by Sandor Marai translated by Carol Brown Janeway
Saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi
Saga of the Confederates
The Bacchae by Euripides translated by Emily Wilson
Symptoms /Prompts
1) Symptom: Bleeding from your bottom/Blood in your poo
Prompt: A book with Red on the cover
2) Symptom:Losing weight but you’re not sure why
Prompt: a book with fewer than 400 pages
3) Symptom: A change in how often you poo, or regularly having diarrhoea ir constipation
Prompt: Read a book that’s different to you from your “norm” e.g different genre, format etc
4) Symptom: Feeling tired all the time but you aren’t sure why
Self-care Prompt: do something to treat yourself e.g watch a movie or have a long soak in the bath
5) Symptom: A pain or lump in your tummy
Prompt: A book you have been avoiding/ or revisit a soft DNF
