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Ghost Trees
Bob Gilbert
“Warm, rich and fascinating… [Gilbert] is a generous guide, with a deep knowledge of plant life and a fin...
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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
"Sure to delight readers and fans of British wildlife… The writing is eloquent and enables the readers to c...
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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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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
"An interesting narrative of considerable cultural insight and cross-cultural value." - Colin Nicholson
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Your Country Needs YOU
James Taylor
'A splendid little book [with] magnificent illustrations.' - The Spectator
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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
'Writes with the insight of someone who has the land in her blood.' - The Independent
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As the Women Lay Dreaming
Donald S Murray
“A searing poetic meditation on stoicism and loss.” Mariella Frostrup, BBC Radio 4 Open Book
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The Walrus Mutterer
Mandy Haggith
“A gripping, haunting and, at times, visceral novel… Lyrical and poetic prose, the author has created a c...
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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
'An historical novel big on romance and contemporary relevance.' - Michael Goldfarb
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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
'An intense and satisfying story - an insight into the constraints on passionate and talented women in the ...
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Little Crackers
Beda Higgins
'These short stories are full of surprising twists and unexpected outcomes. They are rooted in everyday exper...
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Welcome to Saraband
We are a creative independent publisher offering readers books that are imaginative, challenging, original – above all, well written. Our non-fiction authors celebrate extraordinary human achievement, explore cultural traditions and champion our planet and its diverse species, while we publish fiction with distinctive voices across a range of genres. We provide a platform for emerging authors and underrepresented voices, and we work collaboratively with other independent publishers, and with booksellers, libraries and literature bodies as well as informal groups of writers and 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 third in the series, The Nature of Spring, will be published in April 2019.
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.
