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December 01 2025
The cover of Sparks in the Dark. © Steeldoorstudios The cover of Sparks in the Dark. © Steeldoorstudios

A new book focuses on a recovery project in prison and the processing of trauma. By Denise Harrison 

Earlier this year I asked nine men in prison if they’d like to write a book. Which sounds like a bit of an ask to be fair, given that for many prisoners, expectations are low and opportunities like this rarer than rocking horse shit.

Luckily for them, my bar’s set a little higher.  

I also have a brilliant publisher who agreed to roll with the idea when I pitched it – and the full support of HMP Guys Marsh who introduced me to these men in the first place. This meant that for these guys at least, this book was destined to be more than just a pipedream.

Over the course of the next 12 weeks the book began to take shape and, as word spread and confidence grew, more and more men asked to join the project. Men who showed up. Men who dug deep and men who absolutely and without exception bared their souls and have done themselves proud.

The book is a mix of hopes and haunts, poetry and prose and I only hope that you love it half as much as we do.

We’ve decided to call it “Sparks in The Dark”, because this book is living proof that good things can come out of the crappiest conditions and the shittiest of situations.  

So if you believe in second chances; if you’ve ever wanted to understand what transformation looks like from the inside out; if you’ve ever needed hope that change is possible, then this book is for you.

Sparks in the Dark is available to purchase online now at theendlessbookcase.com/books/sparks-in-the-dark

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