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Sara Allerton

Former teacher Sara Allerton lives near Ipswich, Suffolk, with her husband and three children. Making Shore is her first novel.

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**SHORTLISTED: CrimeFest Last Laugh Award** @crime

**SHORTLISTED: CrimeFest Last Laugh Award** @crimefest2020

Delighted to announce that Olga Wojtas’ *Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Vampire Menace* has been shortlisted for the CrimeFest 2021 Awards. Congratulations to all other nominated authors.
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Intrepid librarian Shona McMonagle, erstwhile Marcia Blaine Academy perfect, finds herself in an isolated French mountain village, where she must solve a mystery involving the mayor, the cheesemonger, the soprano Mary Garden - and evening Count Dracula himself.
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#cosycrime #crimefestawards #scottishcrimefiction #crimefiction #comedycrime #bookstagram #instareads #instabooks

“I wasn’t sure there could be a great pandemic

“I wasn’t sure there could be a great pandemic novel. Here it is." Ian Rankin

“A terrific and gripping story… a masterclass in storytelling … It’s unusual for a dystopian novel to
be rich in humanity, but this one is. … Morrison has been recognised as the best or certainly most interesting Scottish novelist of his generation, and this is the best book he has yet
written.” Allan Massie, Scotsman

“The novel’s ingenuity is in keeping the reader on tiptoes … a skewed comedy of manners — as if The Good Life had been rewritten by George A. Romero.” Stuart Kelly, Spectator

“This is a seriously excellent novel.” Irvine Welsh

"A brilliant, intriguing, harrowing, illuminating story.” Tim Minchin

“A complex, thought-provoking drama about fake news, real fears and frayed family ties … both exciting and terrifying … a bold and compelling book by a writer whose creative risks continue to pay huge dividends.” Malcom Forbes, Herald

#HowToSurviveEverything is out now.

#thriller #pandemicthriller #survivalreads #contraband #plagueyear #bookstagram #amreading #instabook #instareads #ewanmorrison

Coming 7 October 2021, the new novel by Graeme Mac

Coming 7 October 2021, the new novel by Graeme Macrae Burnet. #CaseStudyGMB.

London, 1965. An unworldly young woman believes that a charismatic psychotherapist has driven her sister to suicide.

From Booker-shortlisted Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study is a dazzling investigation into sanity, identity and truth itself. Available to pre-order now.

Sign up for more news at www.casestudyGMB.com

#graememacraeburnet #hisbloodyproject #bookstagram #newbooks @graememacraeburnet #instabooks #instareads #literaryfiction

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 🎉 @high

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 🎉 @highlandbookprize @moniackmhor

Jim Crumley's The Nature of Summer is "a wisdom that we need now more than ever before" @the.scotsman. We are delighted to see it on such a wonderful shortlist!

#HighlandBookPrize #JimCrumley #naturewriting #scottishnature #scottishwriters #spring #springequinox #scottishwildlife #naturewriters #scottishbooks #smallpress #indiepublishing

It's officially spring 🌱🌾🌷 & The Nature o

It's officially spring 🌱🌾🌷 & The Nature of Spring is now out in paperback!

Jim Crumley's 'mesmerising' (@theheraldscotland) chronicle of nature’s season of rebirth and rejuvenation is now out in paperback. Available from all good bookshops.

A @bbcradio4 Book of the Week.

Listen to Jim Crumley reading from The Nature of Spring on our YouTube channel.

#jimcrumley #naturewriting #scottishnature #scottishwriters #spring #springequinox #scottishwildlife #naturewriters #scottishbooks #smallpress #indiepublishing

OUT TODAY. From one of our best-loved nature write

OUT TODAY. From one of our best-loved nature writers – a unique, first-hand account of life, nature and lockdown.

Skylarks with Rosie is, above all, a record of how the nation fell in love with nature at a time of existential crisis.

“A beautiful memoir of life and wildlife from one of the UK’s finest nature writers.” Chris Packham

“The uncoiling of a marvellous spring … a well-written and enjoyable book.” Mark Avery

“Excellent … Exalting skylark song and orange-tip butterflies at a time of so much human suffering is a delicate balancing act … It is a delight to share the company of such an upbeat wildlife guide.” Ben Hoare, BBC @countryfilemagazine

Signed copies available from @mrbsemporium.

#stephenmoss #skylarkswithrosie #naturelovers #naturewriter #birdwatching #somerset #somersetlevels #springlockdown #natureinlockdown #newbooks #amreading #naturebooks

For every book bought from saraband.net/shop we pl

For every book bought from saraband.net/shop we pledge to donate another to someone in need via homeless shelters, food banks, prisons and more.

To begin, we are working with @coffee4craig, @giveabookorg and @bookaidinternational.

Want to support the project? Simply buy books! 💚📚

#donatebooks #givebooks #literacymatters #smallpress #indiepublishing #shopsmall #supportothers

@thetimes BOOK OF THE MONTH (HISTORICAL FICTION) 🌊

“A moving portrait of a place and its people … a quiet, sad but brilliant novel.” Antonia Senior, The Times

A very happy publication day indeed to Donald S Murray’s In a Veil of Mist!

#historicalfiction #scottishhistory #scottishwriters #bookofthemonth #TimesBOTM #donaldmurray #inaveilofmist #bookstagram #whattoread #newnovel #amreading

Here’s a spot of #MondayMotivation for you this

Here’s a spot of #MondayMotivation for you this #InternationalWomensDay .

A playlist of songs to celebrate our brilliant female authors and characters. Can you name all the books these songs link to (in name or lyrics)? 🎶🎶🎶

Link in bio.

#spotifyplaylist #IWDmusic #iwd2021 #womeninmusic #womeninbooks #amreading #bookstagram

"Jill Hopper's The Mahogany Pod is a work of liter

"Jill Hopper's The Mahogany Pod is a work of literature: beautifully written, meticulously structured and heart-rending." @obsnewreview

What a wonderful review of @JillHopper1's stunning memoir in today's Observer. This has definitely made our Sunday morning☕️💛 #TheMahoganyPod

#observerbooks #newreview #memoir #griefencounters #amreading

Happy #WorldBookDay2021 everyone. What’s everyon

Happy #WorldBookDay2021 everyone. What’s everyone reading?

#indiepublishing #bookstagram #instabook #instareads #smallpress #amreading #lovereading #reading #readersofinstagram

18 March 🐦 ‘Our world is cribbed, confined an

18 March 🐦 ‘Our world is cribbed, confined and bound in as never before. Yet amidst all the fear and
horror, there is one small but significant silver lining, as we connect with nature on our
doorstep.’

“A beautiful memoir of life and wildlife from one of the UK’s finest nature writers.” Chris Packham

As spring arrives, Stephen Moss’s Somerset garden is awash with birdsong; but this equinox is
unlike any other. This evocative account underlines how a global crisis changed the way we
relate to the natural world, giving us hope for the future.

#WorldWildlifeDay #naturewriting #lockdownnature #lockdownlife #bookstagram #naturelovers #stephenmoss #skylarkswithrosie #wildlifelovers #indiepublishing #smallpress #nature

Celebrating Ghanaian writers and books this Indepe

Celebrating Ghanaian writers and books this Independence Day with the ReadGhanaianChallenge, 1st to 7th March.

Have you read Castles from Cobwebs yet? It’s a wonderful debut novel and we’ve been hearing some fantastic responses from bookstagrammers so far.

#readghanaianchallenge
#readghanaian🇬🇭
#bookstagramghana #jamensah #castlesfromcobwebs

COMING SOON 📚 From the award-winning author of

COMING SOON 📚 From the award-winning author of As the Women Lay Dreaming, Donald S Murray’s second novel, In A Veil of Mist is out in March.

Operation Cauldron, 1952: Top-secret germ warfare experiments on monkeys and guinea pigs are taking place aboard a vessel moored off the Isle of Lewis. Local villagers Jessie and Duncan encounter strange sights on the deserted beach nearby and suspect the worst.

When a noxious cloud of plague bacteria is released into the path of a passing trawler, disaster threatens.

A haunting exploration of the costs and fallout of warmongering, Donald S Murray follows his prize-winning first novel with an equally moving exploration of another little-known
incident in the Outer Hebridean island where he grew up.

#historicalfiction #basedonatruestory #operationcauldron #outerhebrides #scottishwriter #scottishbooks #coldwar #bookstagram #whattoread #amreading #instabooks #instareads #newbooks2021 #asthewomenlaydreaming #paultorday

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