June 2026: Swimming
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Jess and Claire read ‘Experiential Learning’ by Daphne Loads and ‘Night Swimming’ by Leo Boix, translated by Katrina Naomi. Photo by Joseph Two on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland.
Hosted by Open Book Reading · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 89 episodes
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We share stories, poems and online resources to help keep us all reading, writing and connecting. As well as this podcast, we offer online Zoom meetings and a weekly newsletter. Find out more on our website http://www.openbookreading.com
Open Book Reading hosts Open Book Unbound, a arts show with 89 episodes published.
Jess and Claire read ‘Experiential Learning’ by Daphne Loads and ‘Night Swimming’ by Leo Boix, translated by Katrina Naomi. Photo by Joseph Two on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland.
On this episode Marjorie and Claire discuss 'Unmarked' by Shondra Bowie Riley and 'Ma tha thu air ruighinn cho fada seo' ('If you've got this far') by Padraig Macaoidh / Peter Mackay. The Gaelic version of the poem is re
On this month's podcast we discuss 'What has been removed' by Amy Moreno and 'Miss Heath' by Helen Mort. Photo by Hasse Lossius on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland
Marjorie and Claire discuss 'Phone calls from my mother' by Anna Martin and 'Two Trees' by Don Paterson. Photo by Lawrence Aritao on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland
Jess and Marjorie discuss 'Closet' by Nick Fogg and 'The Word' by Zaffar Kunial. Content warning: this episode contains discussions concerning grief and self harm. Photo by Lina Trochez on Unsplash. This podcast is suppo
Claire and Marjorie discuss 'Resonance' by Anna Levin and 'The Acceptance' by Raymond Antrobus. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland. Photo by Philip Myrtorp on Unsplash.
On this episode Jess and Marjorie discuss 'Measuring Time' by LG Thomson and 'Bed' by Jackie Kay. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland. Photo by Jennie Clavel on Unsplash.
Jess Orr and Marjorie Lotfi discuss 'Soft Things on Hard Days' by Micaela J. Ralph and 'My Wife's Whistle' by Jim Carruth. Photo by lilartsy on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland.
Jess Orr joins Marjorie Lotfi on this month's episode where we read the story "One Last Time" by Melissa Ganendran and the poem 'Flame Heart' by Claude McKay. Photo by Brigitte Elsner on Unsplash. This podcast is support
We read ‘A Trip Doon the Memories’ by Roddie McKenzie and ‘Text Message’ by Anthony Anaxagorou Photo by Yueshan Jiang on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland.
We read ‘Television’ by Lynn Gee and ‘Sue Speaks To Me In The Swan Room’ by Malika Booker. Photo by Negar Nikkhah on Unsplash. This podcast was supported by Creative Scotland.
We read ‘It’s a sin to tell a lie’ by Helen Bang and ‘The Charming Nancy’ by Miriam Gamble from ‘Squirrels are Dead’. Photo by Jan Canty on Unsplash. This podcast was supported by Creative Scotland.
We read ‘There’s no after school club for the moons of Jupiter’ by Britta Benson and the poems ‘The Train’ and ‘Traivel’ by Colin Bramwell, from his collection 'Foeer Pessoa'. Photo by Manny Moreno on Unsplash. This podc
On this month's podcast we discuss ‘Bright Star’ by Tom Murray and ‘Return’ by Cáit O’Neill McCullagh. Photo by Nicole Avagliano on Unsplash. This podcast was supported by Creative Scotland.
We read 'Dressing my Daughter' by Juliet Wilson and 'Long Years apart—can make no' by Emily Dickinson. Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash. This podcast was supported by Creative Scotland.
We read 'Its bark', a non-fiction piece by Tessa McWatt, and 'Living Space / One Breath', a poem by Imtiaz Dharker. Photo by Nate Bell on Unsplash
We read 'A Life in 5 Biscuits', a story by LG Thomson, and 'the day i stopped nicking tea bags from hotels (or granny, forgive me)', a poem by Hollie McNish. Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash.
We discuss the short story "Bacon Butty" by Kevin Crowe and "The Job Interview", a poem by Ross McCleary. Photo by The Jopwell Collection on Unsplash
We read the short story "Walking on Air" by Maureen Myant and a poem from Alice Tarbuck, "Impetrative and Oblative". Photo by jasper benning on Unsplash
We read "Building Badger’s Cairn", a short story from Dorothy Lawrenson, and the poem "Wit is it" by Billy Letford. Photo by Juhani Pelli from Unsplash
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