David Robinson Reviews: The Loch of the Bees
‘The past’s current flows through the characters in his fiction so strongly that it almost becomes t …
The Nightkeeper’s Apprentice by Jude Reid
‘She’d never seen anything like it. The whole sky was lit up in ribbons of colour – blue, green, yel …
David Robinson Interviews: Gavin Francis
‘He’s not my GP so I can’t say this for sure, but based on this book – wise, informed, well-written, …
The Cromarty Library Circle by Shona MacLean
‘No one in the room could have been unaware of what it was that Dr Fraser alluded to. The horrors pe …
In Search of Gems by Kenneth Steven
‘It still amazes me that these magnificent shells grow in a river. Never mind whether they have pear …
Winterbourne by Elisabeth Wolf
‘The Coopers stared at each other for a second, two seconds. ‘It’s a sign—’ said Cooper.’
Lesley Glaister is a fiction writer, poet, playwright and teacher of writing. She has published fourteen adult novels, the first of a YA trilogy and numerous short stories. She received both a Somerset Maugham and a Betty Trask award for Honour Thy Fat …
Sparsile Books is a small independent publisher, based in Glasgow, specializing in high quality fiction and non-fiction. We see publishing as an art in itself, and we work closely with our authors to ensure that the books we publish give readers a uniq …
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