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

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When your book matches your garden! The Garden Cur

When your book matches your garden! The Garden Cure is a celebration of cultivating our well-being and growth through gardening. It’s out next week but you can pre-order it from Waterstones now - link in bio. For some instant tips on growing food for health and well-being check out Jan Cameron’s #5DaysofWellness for #NationalAllotmentWeek on our stories and story highlights!
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For #NationalAllotmentWeek author of The Garden Cu

For #NationalAllotmentWeek author of The Garden Cure, Jan Cameron, is doing #5DaysofWellness. We will be sharing her tips for growing food for health and well-being on our story throughout the week. Five days = five tips, so remember to check back each day. 🍄🌱

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HAPPY PUBLICATION day to Twenty Football Towns by

HAPPY PUBLICATION day to Twenty Football Towns by Steve Leach.
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Meat-and-potato pies, quirky club mascots, standing room paddocks and hyperlocal sponsors... at every local club, there is much more about ‘going to the match’ than the match itself. For many of us, the local club offers it all: passion, hope, heartache, drama. Steve Leach spends a year visiting the twenty towns and clubs that are special to him – towns and teams that may not be glamorous, but they are unique and, more importantly, they are home.
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Available now from bookshops and our online shop. 📷: @samreadbookseller
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Award-winning author Donald S Murray will be discu

Award-winning author Donald S Murray will be discussing ‘Writing the Personal and the Political’ as part of @uofglasgow Creative Conversations series on August 11th, chaired by Louise Welsh. So pleased that the Creative Conversations series is still able to go ahead this year via Zoom. Have you got your ticket?
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If you’re managing to get out walking or cycling

If you’re managing to get out walking or cycling this summer, or if you’re lucky enough to have lots of trees on your doorstep, then this guide is the perfect companion. It’s amazing how different walking in the countryside is when you can identify the beautiful trees that shelter your path along the way. The tree in this photo is a Rowan, which is native to Scotland and thrives in harsh environments, often seeming to grow out of bare rock. They are of value to wildlife and steeped in folklore; few other trees capture the spirit of the Scottish landscape in the same way as a rowan.
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What are your favourite trees?
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A first look at one of our autumn titles - Everyth

A first look at one of our autumn titles - Everything Passes, Everything Remains: Freewheelin’ through Spain, Song and Memory by Chris Dolan. We have had so much fun working on this book and can’t wait to share it with the world. It is a delight for lovers of Spain, Scotland, cycling, poetry, literature, language, music, history... (the list is endless). Coming October 2020.
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Cover design: @andrewbelldesigns featuring La Pasionaria - a statue of Dolores Ibàrrui, a prominent anti-fascist propagandist during the Spanish Civil War - overlooking the Clyde in Glasgow.
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We’ve just surpassed 1,000 followers! Thank you

We’ve just surpassed 1,000 followers! Thank you and welcome to all the new followers and double thank you to everyone who has been following us from the beginning. If you are new, here are some of our highlights - all available to buy from our online shop, of course. As you can see, we publish a range of fiction, nature, culture, and crime/mystery (under our Contraband imprint). We like to publish under-represented voices, and stories and perspectives that wouldn’t necessarily be heard otherwise. If you want to learn more about what we do and what kind of literature we publish, head on over to our website and have a browse! Link in bio.
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On the anniversary of Robert Burns’s death, we h

On the anniversary of Robert Burns’s death, we honour Jean Armour, the woman so long neglected in Burns studies: his wife, whom he called “the Jewel of them all”. Not the most straightforward of marriages but a passionate and enduring one, and a fascinating story - as told in Catherine Czerkawska’s novel, The Jewel.
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“I still feel that my life is richer because I c

“I still feel that my life is richer because I continue to champion the natural world. These fifty-two essays – broadly clustered to reflect the changing seasons of nature’s year – consider both the problems and progress in ecology and nature conservation. I see this book as a call to thought and action, especially by the young, a book to pick up and dip into, to broaden debate and open minds.” Roy Dennis

Cottongrass Summer is out now and available to buy from bookshops and our online shop. LINK IN BIO.

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OUT NOW! Cottongrass Summer is a collection of vib

OUT NOW! Cottongrass Summer is a collection of vibrant essays to inform, stimulate and inspire every nature lover. Through unparalleled expertise, Roy Dennis’s approach to wildlife and conservation stems from years of experience working in the field, from climbing trees to ring osprey chicks to handling lynx kittens in Norway – and wanting to smuggle them back to Scotland. Available from bookshops and direct from our online shop now.
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OUT TOMORROW: Written by one of our most prominent

OUT TOMORROW: Written by one of our most prominent naturalists, Cottongrass Summer is a collection of vibrant essays to inform, stimulate and inspire every nature lover. Beginning with cottongrass, whose snow-white blooms blow gently in the wind across the wetter moors and bogs, this is a year-round trove of insight and knowledge for anyone who cares about the natural world. Roy Dennis has a clear message: ‘Never give up on trying to conserve and restore wildlife and the wild places you cherish. It’s essential to try and to succeed.’
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We always come back to our handbook series - a fir

We always come back to our handbook series - a firm favourite in the summer months. And since we’re looking at a summer of exploring locally and holidaying in the UK, now is the perfect time to return to them. So whether you want to learn more about the trees on your doorstep or go foraging for edible species and plants with natural remedies this series is the perfect companion for your Scottish summer holiday. We will definitely be taking a copy of Scotland’s Wild Harvests on our next camping trip! .
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Always a joy when finished copies of our books arr

Always a joy when finished copies of our books arrive, especially when they are this beautiful. Cottongrass Summer by Roy Dennis will be out later this month. A collection of vibrant essays to inform, stimulate and inspire every nature lover. Through unparallelled expertise as a field naturalist, Roy Dennis is able to write about the natural world in a way that considers both the problems and the progress in ecology and conservation. Beginning with cottongrass, whose snow-white blooms blow gently in the wind across the wetter moors and bogs, this is a year-round trove of insight and knowledge for anyone who cares about the natural world.
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We always write a wee note to say thank you to eve

We always write a wee note to say thank you to everyone who orders from our online shop. We know it’s only a small gesture and we wish we could do more to show you how grateful we are. The past few months have demonstrated a cultural shift towards shopping small and local, and we hope this attitude continues. As bookshops are reopening across the UK we hope you will visit them and make the effort to support small independents. We know it will be a while till things are back to normal though, so our online shop is still open for those of you who can’t safely access independent bookshops. We love getting orders from readers and seeing what you choose. And as always, we will write a wholehearted thank you to you.
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