February 2026: Caring

February 2026: Caring

From Open Book Unbound by Open Book Reading

February 2, 2026 · 30 min

About this episode

Jess and Marjorie discuss two literary works while addressing themes of grief and self harm.

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 supported by Creative Scotland.

People in this episode

Host: Jess

Guest: Marjorie

Topics covered

  • grief
  • self harm
  • literature
  • discussion
  • art

Keywords

  • grief
  • self harm
  • literature
  • Nick Fogg
  • Zaffar Kunial

Sponsors

Creative Scotland

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Closet, The Word

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