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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 4h

Many thanks!

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 4h

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

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 17h

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

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 5h

Serious thanks!

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 16h

Fab publisher, pls help if you can.

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 17h

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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Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social · 11h

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.

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Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 7h

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 · 7h

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 · 17h

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 · 17h

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 · 17h

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 · 18h

Quite fantastic!

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 18h

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 · 18h

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

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 18h

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 · 1d

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

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

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

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

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 · 2d

On my way home!

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

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Nicholas Royle @nicholasroyle.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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Tony Williams @tonywilliams.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Bernie Hughes @agentmancuso.bsky.social · 3d

Things newly read:

'Burnt Island' by Alice Thompson.

#Books
#BookSky
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Book cover of 'Burnt Island' by Alice Thompson.

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 3d

New stories are waiting to be told, but we need your help to keep the pages turning. Every contribution counts! Share and support our mission to keep independent publishing alive. gofund.me/2b421813c

#BookIndustryNews #Writing #WritingCommunity

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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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 3d

So you want to work in publishing?

A conversation with Chris Hamilton-Emery of Salt Publishing Publishing might seem like a closed world, but behind every book lies a web of people, skills and ideas. Here, Salt’s co-founder Chris Hamil...

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 4d

Thank you!

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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 4d

Always important to keep those indie presses running!

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 6d

Help Salt take its publishing to the next level!

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

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Dr. Jonathan Firth @jwfirth.bsky.social · 4d

Just bought it as well as the @saltpublishing.com 2025 story anthology. Looking forward to the reads!
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Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 8d

Just started The Anechoic Chamber and Other Weird Tales (2025) by @willwiles.bsky.social published by @saltpublishing.com and based on a @raynewman.bsky.social endorsement

Three stories in and it’s really great. Stylistically diverse and highly addictive without resorting to pastiche 🤌👌👍

#booksky

Will Wiles - The Anechoic Chamber paperback cover

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 4d

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has shared our fundraiser – your cash will fund more authors & their work. A BIG part of what we do is helping writers in mid-career – so thanks on behalf of them. If you can share our link, please do! Every pound is invested in writers. #Booksky #IndiePublishing

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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