About the Journal
The European Journal for Biblio/Poetry Therapy, sponsored and edited by cooperating associations and practitioners engaged in biblio/poetry therapy, is an online, open access, international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published in a rolling publication system. The journal welcomes original contributions that present new knowledge about the role of language arts and biblio/poetry therapy in education, healthcare, and community building settings.
Papers are welcomed from researchers and practitioners working with language arts and metaphors in the fields of biblio/poetry therapy such as classical bibliotherapy, therapeutic writing modalities, and narrative approaches. Papers from researchers and practitioners who combine biblio/poetry therapy with other expressive arts techniques and modalities are also welcomed. The journal only publishes manuscripts written in English.
Current Issue
Editor's Introduction
The year 2026 marks two significant milestones in the life of our professional community. We are excited as the third annual conference approaches. It will be held in Canterbury in October 2026. We are looking forward to welcoming our colleagues and audience members interested in bibliotherapy, poetry therapy, therapeutic writing, and art therapies to this annual gathering.
This issue celebrates the first anniversary of our journal, representing the shared goals, meaningful work, and values of the European biblio/poetry therapy community.
Although we still produce our journal on a voluntary basis and receive no financial support, we believe it is important to maintain open access in order to make it available to a wider audience.
We aim to create balanced issues in terms of professional level, topics, and the number of selected, peer-reviewed articles. According to our plans, three issues will be published this year. First, we will publish the final selected articles from the Budapest conference, offering new theoretical perspectives and methods. These will be followed by practical papers introducing innovative narrative practices and well-being programmes. The next two issues will feature contributions from the 2025 annual conference in Finland.
Wishing you an inspirational and flourishing reading experience,
Judit Béres
(Editor-in-chief)
