Parini really did travel around Scotland with Borges in an old Morris Minor, his ears flapping, heart opening and mind sharpening all the way. The result is a wonderful work of autofiction -... read more
A biography of Mildred Harnack (by her great-great-niece), the American woman who worked with political activists in Berlin1930s and then, when WW2 broke out, with the German resitance. She ... read more
An excellent collection that includes over three hundred poems ranging from the early medieval period to the C21st. Three finer editors would be hard to imagine.
The teenage protagonist hears voices from the inanimate objects around him. Seeking refuge in a library, he finds a book that helps him to narrate his own life.
A new anthology from the most cerebral of Scottish bishops. RH brings together a thoughtful selection of work from various writers and poets reflecting on faith, hope, forgiveness, sin and m... read more
A traditional rock climber for a decade or more, Fleming describes the dance between the self and the rock and its electrifying charge. It's also, for her, the ultimate way to connect with n... read more
Set in 1742, this is a rollicking reworking of Moonfleet in which a wild, cross-dressing teenage girl joins a bloodthirsty gang of smugglers to avenge her father's murder.