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Nature of Autumn
Jim Crumley
"A cornucopia of autumnal delight." The Scots Magazine
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The Blackbird Diaries
Karen Lloyd
"Captivating… A charming and informative account." Katharine Norbury, Caught by the River
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Castles in the Mist
Robin Noble
Saltire Society History Book of the Year 2016, SHORTLISTED
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Beneath the Ice
Kenneth Steven
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The Dragonfly-friendly Gardener
Ruary Mackenzie Dodds
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The Gathering Tide
Karen Lloyd
'A hugely impressive debut.' – Mark Cocker
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Swan
Jim Crumley
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Hare
Jim Crumley
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Charlotte Brontë Revisited
Sophie Franklin
"Deftly mixes contemporary humour with reflectivity ... superbly written, exuberant.’ Brontë Studies Jour...
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Emily Brontë Reappraised
Claire O'Callaghan
“A fascinating read.” Hephzibah Anderson, Mail on Sunday
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Expecting
Chitra Ramaswamy
'Beautiful and oddly compelling…All of life is here, oceans are crossed, fates decided, it bristles with lo...
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Architecture: A Spotter’s Guide
Sarah Cunliffe
'An educational and easy-to-use guide for anyone keen to learn about architectural styles and building desi...
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Mongol
Uuganaa Ramsay
'Clear and quick-moving as the streams where she washed clothes as a child ...someone to watch'. - Books...
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Your Country Needs YOU
James Taylor
'Well illustrated … thoroughly researched … explodes the myths.' – History Today
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Cellmates
Rose T. Clark
"Beautifully written… an outstanding read for all health care professionals... profound, honest, a love sto...
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Heart of the Hero
Kari Herbert
'A fascinating and hugely enjoyable book which makes a valuable contribution to polar literature.' - Si...
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Goblin
Ever Dundas
“Terrific … moving. It is a celebration of freakery … a meditation on trauma and loss and abandonment ...
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The Hormone Factory
Saskia Goldschmidt
'The candid tongue of Motke's narration fires up this fast-paced novel, making him a character who won't soon...
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The Land Agent
J. David Simons
"Bernard Malamud meets Hilary Mantel This is succinct, thoroughly absorbing storytelling, which casts lig...
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The Last Treasure Hunt
Jane Alexander
'Alexander has an ear for Scottish dialogue and pleasingly descriptive prose.' - Nicola Balkind, The Li...
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Paris Kiss
Maggie Ritchie
'A triumph of a debut novel.' - Daily Mail
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Little Crackers
Beda Higgins
'Twisted tales that sting like a papercut.' - The Crack magazine
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A Book of Death and Fish
Ian Stephen
"A Book Of Death And Fish may well take its place beside Moby-Dick. It will, I suspect, be one of those books...
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The Liberation of Celia Kahn
J. David Simons
'This is a thoughtful, neat and plucky book, much like its heroine. J. David Simons is brilliant at capturing...
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Welcome to Saraband
We are a creative independent publisher striving to offer our readers something a little bit different. We love to read books that are imaginative, sometimes offbeat, always original, and we’re committed to working with the writers and designers who inspire us and thus, hopefully, our readers.
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Featured Saraband author
Jim Crumley
Jim Crumley has written more than thirty books, mostly on the wildlife and wild landscape of his native Scotland. The Nature of Autumn was longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2017 and shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Bookshop Literary Prize 2017. The follow-up to that book is the stunning The Nature of Winter.
The Eagle’s Way was shortlisted for a prestigious Saltire Society award, and his Encounters in the Wild series – which sees Jim get up close and personal with Britain’s favourite animals – has found him many new readers. He has also recently written about the return of the beaver to the UK’s wetlands in Nature’s Architect (Saraband, 2015).
Jim is a widely published journalist and has a monthly column in The Scots Magazine, as well as being a poet and occasional broadcaster on both radio and television.
