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  • Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Vampire Menace Olga Wojtas

    [trim]“Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Vampire Menace is a marvellous romp through history, myth, and legend, and delights by playing with all of these … often impish and wry … rip-roaring, genuinely thrilling, and laugh-out-loud funny.” Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae[/trim]


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  • His Bloody Project Graeme Macrae Burnet

    [trim]'A real box of tricks… a truly ingenious thriller as confusingly multilayered as an Escher staircase.' – Jake Kerridge[/trim]


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  • The Accident on the A35 Graeme Macrae Burnet

    [trim]"Gripping and intelligent." Philip Pullman[/trim]


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  • The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau Graeme Macrae Burnet

    [trim]'A deeply atmospheric read.… Of all the notable achievements in The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau the most outstanding is the style of the storytelling. In Graeme Macrae Burnet, we have a refreshing new storyteller, one who presents his morbidly interestingly tales in a most assured and riveting fashion.'” - Scottish Books[/trim]


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  • A Superior Spectre Angela Meyer

    [trim]“This is one of those rare books that penetrates deep into the reader’s most secret self. Read it and hold it close.” The Saturday Paper[/trim]


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  • A Proper Person to be Detained Catherine Czerkawska

    [trim]“Stands out from the crowd for all the right reasons … [a book] clearly destined to be remembered … Catherine Czerkawska takes us on journeys that are deeply revealing about the lives lived only a few generations ago … a fine example of microhistory.” Undiscovered Scotland[/trim]


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  • Joan Smokes Angela Meyer

    [trim]‘There is so much to admire in Joan Smokes
– the winning entry of the inaugural Mslexia Novella Competition. Its pared-back brittle language is as stark as the Nevada landscape. It’s a sophisticated piece of writing, in which the author pushes at the boundaries of language and form; anguish and suffering are evoked at every turn, in thwarted rhythms and rough syntax. But the real magic is in how the author puts the reader so surely in the protagonist’s shoes. It feels like a cliché to say that good writing should ‘suck you into another psyche’ as Barbara Kingsolver puts it, but empathy is what we all need more of, especially now. As an act of empathy, as well as a beautifully rendered work of literature, Joan Smokes shines.’ Eloise Millar, Mslexia judge[/trim]


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  • Chinese Spring Christopher New

    [trim]“An affecting family drama with a cast of interesting and well-drawn characters. New creates a touching, melancholic atmosphere and the pages slip by with ease. There is a haunting quality to the novel, and it lingers in the memory.” The Herald[/trim]


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  • Mr Todd’s Reckoning Iain Maitland

    [trim]'Just great. Truly scary, a fabulous dive into the mind of a classic, self-justifying psychopath … A fantastic book.' Barbara Nadel[/trim]


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  • Runaway Runaway Claire MacLeary

    [trim]“This is a thoroughly entertaining series that could run and run.” Sunday Herald[/trim]


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  • The Janus Run Douglas Skelton

    [trim]“A defining work by our finest emerging crime fiction talent.” Quintin Jardine[/trim]


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  • Burnout Burnout Claire MacLeary

    [trim]“Absorbing. This is a thoroughly entertaining series that could run and run.” Shirley Whiteside, Sunday Herald[/trim]


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  • In the Valley of the Sun Andy Davidson

    [trim]“A beautiful nightmare. A book that haunts, teases, and compels. a must-read for any brave horror fan.” Erik Storey[/trim]


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  • Sweet William Iain Maitland

    [trim]"Extremely well written and very frightening." Barbara Nadel[/trim]


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  • Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar Olga Wojtas

    [trim]“This is a delightful addition to the ranks of comic crime, mixing sharp observation with a lightness of touch.” Laura Wilson, Guardian[/trim]


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  • Ed’s Dead Russel D McLean

    [trim]“This book is fantastic! Fast paced and at times just utter nuts… A beautiful masterpiece of modern Scottish Noir that leaves you unsure about whether you should laugh or cry.” Amanda Gillies, Eurocrime[/trim]


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  • Tag – You’re Dead Douglas Skelton

    [trim]“A thoroughly gripping whodunit that shows just how darkly humorous Tartan Noir can become: and how genuinely chilling it can be at the same time.” Undiscovered Scotland[/trim]


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  • The Paper Cell Louise Hutcheson

    [trim]"A lovely little book… [Its] strength is in the build-up, and it is really a character study of those involved – and a study of how they unravel afterwards over time.” Blue Book Balloon[/trim]


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  • The G-String Murders Gypsy Rose Lee

    [trim]"Recommended for the readers who feel better when their eyebrows are raised.” –
 The New Yorker[/trim]


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  • Cross Purpose Cross Purpose Claire MacLeary

    [trim]"A dark devious delight, definitely one to watch." - Neil Broadfoot[/trim]


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  • Moscow at Midnight Sally McGrane

    [trim]“A worthy successor to John le Carré... A fast-paced, well-written spy thriller, full of unexpected twists and turns.” – Buchbord[/trim]


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  • Down to the Sea Sue Lawrence

    [trim]"A haunting, moving story." Kirsty Wark[/trim]


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  • The Dead Don’t Boogie Douglas Skelton

    [trim]“If you like your humour black and your detective novels hard boiled, this is a cut above the rest.” Theresa Talbot[/trim]


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  • And When I Die Russel D McLean

    [trim]“Chillingly plausible… a beautifully paced, action-packed thriller of a book.” James Oswald[/trim]


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See Claire MacLeary in conversation with Theresa Talbot to celebrate the launch of Death Drop, the new book in the Harcus and Laird series.

In this fifth Harcus and Laird novel, Claire MacLeary fashions a fast-paced, fresh and topical new adventure for her inimitable PI partnership.

In association with Waterstones, this event will take place on Tuesday 5th July at 7pm at Primavera Bistro, Newton Mearns.

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Jun 25

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It's the final day of #IndieBookshopWeek 

Earlier in the week Catherine Simpson and Sue Lawrence popped into @toppingsedin to sign copies of One Body and The Green Lady!

Thank you @booksaremybag for a great week celebrating all of the brilliant independent bookstores across the UK 🧡

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We’re happy to report that Jim Crumley and Stan Abbott have been shortlisted at the 2022 Lakeland Book of the Year awards, with their books Lakeland Wild and Walking the Line, respectively.

Jim and Stan follow in the footsteps of Saraband authors who have been selected for these awards in the recent past: Karen Lloyd’s The Gathering Tide and The Blackbird Diaries and Nicola Martin’s Dead Ringer all won awards, while Dick Capel was shortlisted with his book on the Eden Valley, The Stream Invites us to Follow. Lakeland Book of the Year celebrates writing inspired by the Lake District.

Congratulations Jim and @stan.dare!

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Here's @graememacraeburnet signing books @bookcasehebden in Hebden Bridge – a fantastic indie in a town full of thriving indie shops. 

Long live the high street!

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Can you spot As the Women Lay Dreaming and The Green Lady on display in Ullapool Bookshop’s Scottish Fiction section?

Find a range of Saraband titles in independent bookshops across the UK this #IndieBookshopWeek

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Thanks to @bookendsbookshopcarlisle for always supporting Saraband author Stan L Abbott and his books, Walking the Line and Ring of Stone Circles.

This #IndieBookshopWeek we are reminded just how important indie bookstores are to the success of authors published by independent publishers. 

Thank you indie bookshops!

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We hope you're all enjoying the sunshine today, especially since it's the longest day of the year! 🌞

Here's two books perfect to read this Summer Solstice:
- Cottongrass Summer by Roy Dennis
- The Nature of Summer by Jim Crumley

#midsummer #firstdayofsummer #summersolstice #summerreading #cottongrasssummer #thenatureofsummer #summertimereading #summertimereads #summerreads #readinglist #readingideas #tbr #tbrlist #tbrstack #tbrpile #bookstoread #toberead #bookstagramuk

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Signed copies of Case Study, Extraction to Extinction and Cottongrass Summer available at Limestone Books in Settle, North Yorks!

What better way to celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek than heading down to your local indie store and finding a signed copy of a fantastic book?

@graememacraeburnet @booksaremybag #indiebookawards #signedbooks #casestudygmb #extractiontoextinction #cottongrasssummer #signedbook #authorsignature #authorsigning #authorsignings #indiebookshops #indiebookstore #independentbookshopweek #independentbookstore #independentbooshop #localbookshop #shopsmall #shoplocal #highstreet #localhighstreet #bookstagramuk #bookstagram #settle #visitsettle #visitnorthyorkshire

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Hello Yorkshire! Adam Farrer will be signing copies of Cold Fish Soup this summer at  The Whitby Bookshop and The Beverley Bookshop 🥳

We're just over six weeks away until the publication of Cold Fish Soup and we couldn't be more excited! Pre-order now from your favourite indie bookshop, Bookshop.org or the Saraband website

@adamjfarrer @whitbybookshop @thebeverleybookshop_ #booksignings #authorsigning #authorsignings #coldfishsoup #memoir #essaycollection #summerreadinglist #summerreads #IndieBookshopWeek #indiebooksawards @booksaremybag

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Jun 19

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Find signed copies of ‘Recovering Dorothy’ by Polly Atkin at Sam Read Bookseller in Grasmere this #IndieBookshopWeek

Dorothy Wordsworth is well known as the author of the Alfoxden and Grasmere Journals (1798–1803) and as the sister of the poet William Wordsworth. She is widely praised for her nature writing and is often remembered as a woman of great physical vitality. Less well known, however, is that Dorothy became seriously ill in 1829 and was mostly housebound for the last twenty years of her life.

Her personal letters and unpublished journals from this time paint a portrait of a compassionate and creative woman who made her sickroom into a garden for herself and her pet robin and who finally grew to call herself a poet. They also reveal how vital Dorothy was to her brother’s success, and the closeness they shared as siblings. By re-examining her life through the perspective of her illness, this biography allows Dorothy Wordsworth to step out from her brother’s shadow and back into her own life story.

The Wordsworth siblings are a special part of Grasmere's history, where they lived in Dove Cottage.

#wordsworth #dovecottage #discoverthelakedistrict #discovercumbria #thelakedistrict #grasmere #visitgrasmere #dorothywordsworth #williamwordsworth #grasmeregingerbread #recoveringdorothy #disabilityactivist #biographyandmemoir #biography #indiebookshopweek #indiebookawards @booksaremybag @pollyrowena @samreadbookseller

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Sue Lawrence is the author of The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange, Down to the Sea, and more recently The Green Lady, which was published earlier this year. 💚

But did you know that Sue won MasterChef in 1991 and is also one of the UK's leading cookery writers?! 🤯

Take this as your sign to enjoy a scone (or two 😉) while you read The Green Lady this weekend 📖

Signed copies of The Green Lady are available at The Mainstreet Trading Company this #IndieBookshopWeek

#suelawrence #thegreenlady #masterchef #masterchefuk #masterchefwinner #historicalfiction #scottishauthors #scottishchef #scottishbaker #scottishwriter #fyviecastle #fyvie #weekendreading #weekendreads #weekendplans #tbr #tbrlist #toberead #readingrecs #readingrecommendations #bookrecommendation #scottishhistory #maryqueenofscots #historicalfictionnovel #historicalfictionbook #historicalbook #historicalnovel #indiebookshop

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We are proud to be supporting independent bookshops this #IndieBookshopWeek (and every other week too!)

Celebrate Independent Bookshop Week by shopping locally and independently.

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Jun 16

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Behind the scenes of Cold Fish Soup 🐟

The painting used on the cover of @adamjfarrer's upcoming collection of personal essays is titled 'The North Sea' by German maritime painter, Patrick von Kalckreuth 🌊

The painting was finished in 1955 and more recently sold at auction in 2011 for an impressive £3250! 🎨

Cold Fish Soup is out in the UK on August 4, 2022 and is available for pre-order now.

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@adamjfarrer is in today's @guardian discussing grief and that time his mum was on Britain's Got Talent... in her underwear...

Read more about it in Cold Fish Soup, coming August 4, 2022 in the UK and this Fall in North America

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