The Literary Sofa
with Isabel Costello
Glasgow
Guest Author – Karen Campbell on writing beyond her own experience
Many people say they read fiction because a book gives them the chance to step into lives other than their own. Sometimes this comes in the form of escapism, sometimes anything but. In fact, novels are often judged on the author’s ability to draw the reader into a world which is believable and that can only happen … Continue reading
Book Review – Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
Six years after the release of Jane Harris’s debut novel The Observations, I still remember the voice of Irish servant girl Bessy with a clarity I wish I could summon for everything that I read. Her second novel, Gillespie and I had attracted plenty of buzz even before being long-listed for the Orange Prize 2012. … Continue reading
My new novel SCENT – out in paperback on 19 May 2022
The Literary Sofa 