Coming to Our Senses

In Laurence Fearnley’s novel Scented, the protagonist rebuilds her sense of self through the art of perfumery. Long Litt Woon’s memoir The Way Through the Woods is a journey through the vastly tactile and sensory world of mushrooming.

Both stories explore ways to navigate loss through actions of care, curiosity and pleasure made possible through an intimate relationship with the environments and ecosystems around us. The authors discuss how we come to our senses with Jessie Bray-Sharpin.