We're excited to host a world premiere of new writing in this month's Open Book Unbound. Claire and Marjorie read an excerpt from Alycia Pirmohamed's 'Trigger Notebook: Fragments of Poetry Along the Coastline of My Memory' and the stunning poem

May 2024: Fragments

3 days ago 29m 56s

April 2024: Hope

Apr 1st, 2024 28m 41s

Spring has arrived, bringing chattering birds back to our gardens. Inspired by Scottish Book Trust's 2024 Book Week Scotland theme of 'Hope', Claire and Marjorie read Britta Benson's short story 'My first Emily' and Emily Dickinson's poem 'A bi

March 2024: Roots

Mar 4th, 2024 32m 1s

Step into the wild with Open Book Unbound. Reading 'Roots' by Sarah Whiteside and 'Camping at Bearna' by Jane Clarke, Claire and Marjorie explore themes of overwhelm, escape, parenthood and returning home.--Open Book UnboundEpisode 53 – T

February 2024: Night Sky

Feb 5th, 2024 29m 48s

This month, we're taking a moment to relax and explore the Night Sky. Reading 'Lying Down to Look Up' by Anna Levin and 'I saw no Way–The Heavens were stitched' by Emily Dickinson, Claire and Marjorie think about fond childhood memories of star

January 2024: Machines

Jan 8th, 2024 30m 1s

Welcome back to Open Book!Claire and Marjorie kick off 2024's podcasts by exploring Open Book's latest theme, Machines. Reading Ruth Gilchrist's short story 'Engine Oil' and Walt Whitman's poem 'To a Locomotive in WInter', they discuss the im

New Year 2024: Sea

Jan 1st, 2024 29m 56s

Happy New Year from Open Book!Celebrate the start of a new year with this special bonus episode as Claire and Marjorie discuss the peaceful and the powerful nature of the sea. Sit back and relax as we discuss LG Thomson's short story 'True Ta

December 2023: Postcards

Dec 4th, 2023 30m 53s

Claire and Marjorie usher in December with warm, poignant readings of Adrija Ghosh's short story 'Satsuma' and Tim Tim Cheng's poem 'Sonnet with Skylines'. Inspired by Open Book's latest theme, Postcards, join Claire and Marjorie in this final

October 2023: A Life in Protest

Oct 2nd, 2023 29m 47s

Inspired by Glasgow Women's Library's 30th anniversary celebrations and their Open the Door Literary Festival, Open Book's latest theme is Protest.Reading Jackie Kay's powerful 'A Life in Protest', written in response to Ingrid Pollard's work

September 2023: Tortoise

Sep 4th, 2023 30m 32s

This month, Claire and Marjorie dive into Open Book's latest theme, Lost and Found.Reading Lynn Gee's short story 'Tortoise' and John Burnside's poem 'On the Vanishing of my Sister, aged 3, 1965', they discuss the highs and lows of pet owners

August 2023: Reverie

Aug 7th, 2023 29m 48s

What is nostalgia, and what happens when our memories aren't accompanied by the rose-tinted memories typically associated with the feeling?As Open Book welcomes the new theme of nostalgia for this month's sessions, Claire and Marjorie read sh

July 2023: Plague, Princes and Political Embarras

Jul 3rd, 2023 36m 53s

This month, Claire and Marjorie examine the letters of Henrietta Liston, a British botanist, world traveller and wife of diplomat Robert Liston. Liston documented her travels with meticulous detail in her journals, letters and personal document

June 2023: The Race

Jun 5th, 2023 29m 44s

We discuss 'The Race' by Tom Murray and the poem 'Us' by Zaffar Kunial.

May 2023: Gardening

May 1st, 2023 30m 30s

We discuss 'The Allotment' by Morgan Melhuish and 'Catalogue of my grandmother’s sayings' by Claire Askew

April 2023: Blue

Apr 3rd, 2023 31m 36s

We read ‘Blue’ by Liz Holliday and 'Song of the Mainland’ by Miriam Nash.

March 2023: Practising

Mar 6th, 2023 30m 35s

We read the story 'Practising' by Priscilla Thomas and the poem 'I Wanted Music' by Sarah Ruhl

February 2023: Dinnerplate Identities

Feb 6th, 2023 32m 4s

We discuss the story 'Dinnerplate Identities' by Britta Benson and the poem 'A Tray of Frozen Songbirds' by Pascale Petit.

January 2023: Shipbuilding

Jan 2nd, 2023 32m 22s

We discuss the story 'Shipbuilding' by LG Thomson and the poem 'Not Unequal to Many' by Jay Gao.

December 2022: Sunday Surprise

Dec 5th, 2022 31m 54s

We discuss the story 'Sunday Surprise' by Sarah Tinsley and the poem 'Twenty-two' by Theresa Muñoz.

November 2022: Waiting

Nov 7th, 2022 32m 5s

We read the story 'Waiting' by Alexa Kellow and the poem 'a pint for the true shepherds' by Helen Mort

October 2022: Carnival Night

Oct 3rd, 2022 31m 51s

We feature Victoria Kennefick's poem 'A Young Girl Discovers Her Reflection' and the short story 'Carnival Night' by Rebecca Savage.

September 2022: How to Read the Lace

Sep 5th, 2022 31m 15s

We read the story story 'How to Read the Lace' by Alex Penland and the poem 'Imitating Rousseau' by Georgi Gill

August 2022: New Beginnings

Aug 1st, 2022 31m 18s

We discuss the story 'New Beginnings' by Helen Lyttle and the poem 'Early Morning, West Hartlepool, 1963' by Eddie Gibbons.Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France - L'ancienne usine de tapis Templeton (Glasgow), CC BY 2.0, https://commo