About the Journal

LIRIC logoEstablished in 2020, Lapidus International Research and Innovation Community (LIRIC) Journal provides an international, peer-reviewed, and cross-disciplinary exploration of the field of writing for wellbeing/creative writing for therapeutic purposes (CWTP). As a scholarly publication, LIRIC has a wide readership across a variety of sectors—education, health, the arts—in community and voluntary as well as private settings.

Our aim is to bridge the gap between theory/research and practice. This may be therapeutic, artistic, or both. By celebrating innovative, creative, and practice-based approaches to research, LIRIC provides a space to promote and critically debate the relationship between the written/spoken word and health and wellbeing as understood through diverse theoretical perspectives. LIRIC Journal is keen to enlist a broader constituency of practitioners, academics, and researchers across disciplines who are currently active and interested in this emerging area of study.

Authors will find the Writing for Wellbeing Research Database an excellent point of departure. The database can be accessed at https://lapidus.org.uk/bibliography/

Editorial Board

Tim Buescher
Kim Etherington
Buki Akilapa
Reinekke Lengelle
Poonam Madar
Mel Perry
Mary Pringle
Kate Thompson
Elisabeth Winkler
Jeannie Wright

A sincere thank you is due our many peer reviewers.

Author Copyright and Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.

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