
Open Book Unbound
October 2026: Surprises
On this episode we discuss 'Friends From Harsh Places' by Josh Holton and 'Two Grandmothers' by Marjorie Lotfi. Photo by Caroline Hernandez on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland.

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Hosted by Open Book Reading · arts · EN
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
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Signup to Generate a PitchWe 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.
Open Book Unbound is hosted by Open Book Reading. The show has published 94 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "October 2026: Surprises" (5 October 2026, 29 minutes), "September 2026: Dreams" (7 September 2026, 30 minutes), and "August 2026: Cafes" (3 August 2026, 31 minutes).
Open Book Unbound publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 94 episodes.
Booking probability for Open Book Unbound is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Open Book Unbound requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Open Book Unbound's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Open Book Unbound are Artists, Writers & Performers. Open Book Unbound has an arts audience.
Open Book Reading hosts Open Book Unbound, an arts podcast with 94 episodes published.
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Open Book Unbound
On this episode we discuss 'Friends From Harsh Places' by Josh Holton and 'Two Grandmothers' by Marjorie Lotfi. Photo by Caroline Hernandez on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland.

Open Book Unbound
On our dream themed episode we read 'The Method' by Nazaret Ranea and 'Sundays' by Aoife Lyall. Photo by [2Ni] on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland.

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We discuss 'Strawberry Jaw' by Jocelyn-Anne Harvey and 'My Uncle’s Favorite Coffee Shop' by Naomi Shihab Nye. Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative Scotland.

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Jess and Claire read 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman' by Charlotte Newman and 'He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' by W.B. Yeats. Photo by Karly Santiago on Unsplash. This podcast is supported by Creative...

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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.

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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...

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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

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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

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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
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