Alan Spence

Alan Spence

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Alan Spence is an award-winning Scottish poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer. Awards include the Glenfiddich Award, The People’s Prize, Macallan Short Story Prize and McVitie Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. He is Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen where he founded the annual WORD Festival in 1999 and was its Artistic Director for 12 years. With his wife he runs the Sri Chinmoy Meditation Centre in Edinburgh.

Night Boat

Set under the skies of eighteenth-century Japan, Night Boat is a tale of fear, devotion and the power of the spirit against all odds

Its Colours They Are Fine by Alan Spence cover

Its Colours They Are Fine

Alan Spence

Glasgow Zen by Alan Spence cover

Glasgow Zen

Alan Spence

Seasons Of The Heart by Alan Spence cover

Seasons Of The Heart

Alan Spence

Its Colours They Are Fine cover

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“He could see the furniture, the curtain across the bed, his mother and father, the decorations and through it all, vaguely, the buildings, the night. And hung there, shimmering, in that room he could never enter, the tinsel garland that would never tarnish.”

Its Colours They Are Fine

Alan Spence