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Saraband Books
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Award-winning independent publisher of distinctive, unforgettable fiction and outstanding non-fiction.

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We're delighted to reveal the cover and announce @dsmurray.bsky.social's forthcoming book The Loch of the Bees

Continuing his elegiac Lewis novels, Murray serves up a remarkable new work that sweeps across time from the eighth century to the present day

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October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Looking for a new book this spooky season? We've got you covered for thrillers, chillers and cosy crime 🧛‍♂️

There's also a handy It Came From the Closet official film watchlist ... if you're feeling brave enough!

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October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We're delighted to reveal the cover for @karenllo.bsky.social latest book, Earthworks: Land and Nature in Uncertain Times 🍃

Publishing on the 2nd April 2026, this collection is a rallying call for all who care about Earth’s future.

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#booksky #nature#conservation
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October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The @waterstones.bsky.social 25% off pre-order promotion is now live!

📚 The offer will run until 23.59 on Friday 17 October

📚 Enter OCTOBER25 at the checkout to receive 25% off the RRP

📚 Exclusively available on the Waterstones website and the Waterstones app

www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A #bookshopday visit to Storytellers, Inc on the Crescent in St Annes, a chat with BM and a hello from Mrs Lemon Cake! 📚
Support your local bookshop #booksky
October 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This Autumn marks 10 years since the first publication of Graeme Macrae Burnet's critically acclaimed and award-winning novel #HisBloodyProject and we’re celebrating with a 10th anniversary edition!

Visit our blog for 10 reasons to add it to your tbr!

➡️ tinyurl.com/3247jc8u

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October 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Single & Psycho by Caroline Young is out now!

A lively, sharp and thought-provoking exploration of the enduring stereotype of the dangerous single woman in popular culture.

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Caroline will be at Aye Write on Saturday 15th November - tickets available now!

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September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We're excited that @christinariley.bsky.social will be launching Looking Down at the Stars at the lovely @portybooks.bsky.social, in conversation with @rkrystalli.bsky.social

🗓️ Thursday 13th November, 7pm

🎟️ Tickets available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/chris...

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September 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We're delighted to announce that we'll be publishing 'predominant nature writer' Jim Crumley's latest book, Symphonic: Harmony in Nature and Why It Matters ✨

Read more here:

saraband.net/2025/09/17/s...

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September 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Have you discovered our In the Moment series yet?

Books exploring mindfulness and being fully present in our activities and environment 🌿

There are two new books publishing in 2026:

💎 In Search of Gems
🌲 Nature's Almanac

Read more on our website:

saraband.net/in-the-moment

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September 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who attended Linda Cracknell's Aberfeldy Watermill Bookshop launch last night 🎉

And thanks to Jamie Jauncey for hosting and Claire Hewitt for the sea-songs!

Copies of Sea Marked are available in the Watermill Bookshop

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September 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy publication day to Linda Cracknell and Sea Marked 🎉

A memoir of place, memory and motion, of seafarers, and the author’s connections to them and to the sea

Read a guest post by Linda: The Adventure of Writing Sea Marked

saraband.net/2025/09/01/t...

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September 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This year marks ten years since the publication of the propulsive, Booker-shortlisted contemporary classic His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet

To celebrate, a special tenth anniversary edition will be available on the 2 October 2025

More here:

saraband.net/sb-title/his...

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August 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy publication to Francis Sanzaro and The Zen of the Wild 🎉

From the author of The Zen of Climbing and The Craft of Bouldering, a manifesto for a new approach to connecting meaningfully with the wildness around and within us.

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August 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This has been a fantastic @edbookfest.bsky.social ! This panel shared stories of women travelling, in all sorts of scenarios often missed out by travel writers. Linda Cracknell, @amandathomson.bsky.social & Alice Tarbuck joined Esa Aldegheri celebrating #ThereSheGoes
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August 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Book biscuits to celebrate the publication of Hold Fast!

Congratulations @writercatherine.bsky.social 🥳

Read more about Hold Fast: Motherhood, my autistic daughter and me, here:

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August 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Happy publication day to @writercatherine.bsky.social and Hold Fast 🎉

An unforgettable story that shows what a gift it is to see someone not as the world tells them they should be, but as they are.

Visit our blog to read a guest post from Catherine!

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August 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
@olgawojtas.bsky.social treating us to an entertaining rendition of all manner of accents and languages spoken by Shona in the latest Miss Blaine’s Prefect adventure @edbookfest.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Graeme Macrae Burnet onstage in the #Edbookfest Spiegeltent during the Scottish Writing Showcase 📚
August 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
AL Kennedy reading from Alive in the Merciful Country to an engaged Edinburgh Book Festival crowd 📚 (and getting us to join in with a rhythmic chant!) #edbookfest @writereralk.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A huge congratulations to Graeme Macrae Burnet on being shortlisted for Best International Crime novel at Australian Crime Writers Association Ned Kelly Awards 🎉

A Case of Matricide is out now in paperback - discover more on our website!

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August 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Sue Lawrence reading from Whispers in the Glen at the Edinburgh Book Festival #edbookfest #scottishfiction
August 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Join Linda Cracknell on board the Bessie Ellen to celebrate the publication of her latest book, Sea Marked: Throwing a Line to a Coastal Past

⛵ Bessie Ellen, Seaport Marina
🗓 8 September, 6pm
🎟 RSVP [email protected]

Further information in the image below!

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August 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It's just over a week until A.L. Kennedy's event at Edinburgh International Book Festival 🎉

There are still tickets available, if you're quick!

🎟️ Wednesday 13 August at 11am - further info in the link below

www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

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August 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We’re delighted to announce that we’re now open to Inklings pitch submissions until the 31st August!

Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!

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August 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM