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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 11h

Our October sale has gone EVEN deeper! 🤩

33% off selected items while stocks last! 🚀

Discount applied automatically in our checkout.
Head now to: www.saltpublishing.com/collections/...

Salt Monthly Sale

Don’t miss out! Each month we spotlight a fresh selection of Salt titles at special prices – but only for a limited time. This month there is 33% off sale items! Happy shopping.

www.saltpublishing.com

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 14h

Pre-order ‘My Bags Are Big’ by Tibor Fischer today, with 25% discount off at Waterstones – use code OCTOBER25 in the checkout 👉 www.waterstones.com/book/my-bags...

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Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social · 15h

@saltpublishing.com
new novel on pre-order offer!

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 14h

Pre-order ‘My Bags Are Big’ by Tibor Fischer today, with 25% discount off at Waterstones – use code OCTOBER25 in the checkout 👉 www.waterstones.com/book/my-bags...

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 14h

Pre-order ‘The Tribe’ by Michael Arditti today, with 25% discount off at Waterstones – use code OCTOBER25 in the checkout 👉 www.waterstones.com/book/the-tri...

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 14h

Pre-order ‘The Fox of Kensal Green’ by Richard Tyrrell today, with 25% discount off at Waterstones – use code OCTOBER25 in the checkout 👉 www.waterstones.com/book/the-fox...

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 14h

Pre-order ‘Elizabeth and Ruth’ by Livi Michael today, with 25% discount off at Waterstones – use code OCTOBER25 in the checkout 👉 www.waterstones.com/book/elizabe...

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

Many thanks!

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 1d

We all need publishers like Salt. Please share and support if you can.

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

We need your help. 💙 Salt is fighting to keep indie publishing alive — discovering new writers, nurturing voices that matter. Every pound helps us publish more books. Please donate or share today. #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive #Books #Writers #IndiePress

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

Serious thanks!

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 1d

Fab publisher, pls help if you can.

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

We need your help. 💙 Salt is fighting to keep indie publishing alive — discovering new writers, nurturing voices that matter. Every pound helps us publish more books. Please donate or share today. #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive #Books #Writers #IndiePress

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social · 1d

new from @saltpublishing.com

'From the Castle to the Hove-l'

This book brings together a selection of Nicholas Lezard's much-admired long-running column for the New Statesman written between 2017 and 2021.

📖 sample to peek inside and share
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Sample of "From the Castle to the Hove-l" by Nicholas Lezard

Peek inside this book and discover another great read.

www.jellybooks.com

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Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · 1d

It's publication day for this beauty, with stories by David Bevan @iancritchley.bsky.social @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, Alison Moore, Okechukwu Nzelu, @simonokotie.bsky.social, C.D. Rose, Iain Sinclair, Naomi Wood, lucky old me! et al. Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & @saltpublishing.com 🔥

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 1d

Happy pub day to this wonder anthology which includes my story "Lord of the Fruit Flies" about the biologist Hermann Muller, big thanks to editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social and publisher @saltpublishing.com

Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · 1d

It's publication day for this beauty, with stories by David Bevan @iancritchley.bsky.social @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, Alison Moore, Okechukwu Nzelu, @simonokotie.bsky.social, C.D. Rose, Iain Sinclair, Naomi Wood, lucky old me! et al. Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & @saltpublishing.com 🔥

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 1d

Indie publishing is *vital*. If you are a reader and a lover of books, this is a cause that deserves your strong support. This is the pipeline for some of the best writing around.

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

We need your help. 💙 Salt is fighting to keep indie publishing alive — discovering new writers, nurturing voices that matter. Every pound helps us publish more books. Please donate or share today. #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive #Books #Writers #IndiePress

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

We need your help. 💙 Salt is fighting to keep indie publishing alive — discovering new writers, nurturing voices that matter. Every pound helps us publish more books. Please donate or share today. #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive #Books #Writers #IndiePress

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

Quite fantastic!

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

a colorful bird is standing on a black surface .

ALT: a colorful bird is standing on a black surface .

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

Huge congratulations to Nicholas Lezard on the publication of "From the Castle to the Hove-l"! 🎉🥂🥳🎈😍

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

Celebration day for editor, Nicholas Royle and all the contributors of Best British Short Stories 2025! 🥳🎉🎈🥂

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Vesna Main @vesnamain.bsky.social · 2d

Please help this wonderful publisher. The best stuff comes from independents,

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 2d

Every book we publish begins with belief – in writers, in stories, in readers like you. 🌊

We’re raising funds to bring more voices into the world, to keep indie publishing alive and thriving. Please help. 💙

#IndiePress #Writers #Books #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 2d

Every book we publish begins with belief – in writers, in stories, in readers like you. 🌊

We’re raising funds to bring more voices into the world, to keep indie publishing alive and thriving. Please help. 💙

#IndiePress #Writers #Books #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 3d

On my way home!

@saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social #booksky @ensfr.bsky.social

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Nicholas Royle @nicholasroyle.bsky.social · 3d

Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 up at @manchesterreview.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13063

Best British Short Stories 2025, edited by Nicholas Royle, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells - The Manchester Review

A timely reminder of the ability of the contemporary short form to move, shock and surprise its reader in a myriad of ways. Best British Short Stories 2025 | edited by Nicholas Royle | Salt Publishing...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Tony Williams @tonywilliams.bsky.social · 3d

Please consider supporting indie publishing by contributing to this fundraiser for @saltpublishing.com You can of course also support Salt by buying a book or two - I particularly recommend Cole the Magnificent, Hawthorn City, Nutcase, etc...
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Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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