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Sara Allerton

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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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Tuesday's #BYMHM is Payback by Claire Macleary, re

Tuesday's #BYMHM is Payback by Claire Macleary, recently featured in @thetimes #CrimeClub. Payback is the fourth in the hit Aberdeen-set Harcus & Laird series. When the body of Aberdeen socialite Annabel Imray is discovered at her home the police are under pressure to come up woth answers - and fast. The last thing they want is a series of baffling break-ins. Meanwhile, local PIs Maggie Laird and Wilma Harcus are at rock bottom, and before long Maggie herself is in danger. Wilma fears the worst. Can she find her before it's too late? As always, tag us in your photos and follow our Story for highlights. .
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#crimereadingmonth #crimefiction #contraband #detectiveseries #aberdeen #bookstagram #igreads #igbooks #instareads #instabooks #bookblogger #bookfeature #newbooks #indiebooks #indiepublishing #shopindie #supportsmall #bookstagramuk #bookchat #bookoftheweek #bookoftheday

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to our #BYM

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to our #BYMHM series. We're starting this week with A Handbook of Scotland's Coasts edited by Fi Martynoga. A new revised and updated edition of one of our bestsellers. It's an inspirational resource to help you discover the thousands of miles of Scotland's spectacular coastline (once it's safe to do so of course) - from its stunning geology and diverse marine and bird life to its coastal history, culture and landmarks. Whether you yearn to watch the sunset or swim from coves, seek out otters or dolphins, learn more about island life or discover prehistortic past, this is your indispensible companion. Contributors include nature writer Jim Crumley, geologist Ronald Turnball, historian Michael Kerrigan and sailor/poet Ian Stephen. Tag us in your photos and follow our story for highlights. .
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#YCW2020 #visitscotland #scotlandscoasts #yearofcoastsandwaters #beach #rockpool #discovercoast #scottishbeaches #guidebooks #naturebooks #naturereads #bookstagram #igreads #igbooks #instareads #instabooks #bookblogger #bookfeature #newbooks #indiebooks #indiepublishing #shopindie #supportsmall #bookstagramuk #bookchat #bookoftheweek #bookoftheday

Friday's #BYMHM is A Time of Birds: Reflections on

Friday's #BYMHM is A Time of Birds: Reflections on cycling across Europe by @helenmoat. In A Time of Birds Helen Moat sets out to cycle across Europe with her teenage son, on her sit-up-and-beg bike - aka 'The Tank'. She's not sure whether she's running away from the past or pedalling towards it. As she cycles the Rhine and Danube, the sky filled with birdsong, she senses her bird-loving father by her side. Gradually, the natural beauty of Europe's great waterways bring healing and she feels a sense of belonging on a continent shaped by war and peace, peoples divided and reunited. Tag us in your photos and follow our Story for highlights. .
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#cycling #cyclinglife #cyclingeurope #placewriting #travelwriting #traveleurope #naturebooks #naturereads #bookstagram #igreads #igbooks #instareads #instabooks #bookblogger #bookfeature #newbooks #indiebooks #indiepublishing #shopindie #supportsmall #bookstagramuk #bookchat #bookoftheweek #bookoftheday

Next #BYMHM is The Stream Invites Us to Follow: Ex

Next #BYMHM is The Stream Invites Us to Follow: Exploring the Eden from Source to Sea by Dick Capel. Nestled between the Pennines and the Lake District Fells, the beautiful Eden Valley combines lush green countryside, adundant wildlife, fertile farmland and historic market towns and villages. Much like the valley itself, this book is a meeting of the natural world, the people who inhabit it, and their stories, history and skills. As a long-time counteyside manager for the Eden Valley, few people know this area quite as intimately as Dick Capel - and even fewer have worked as hard to protect it.
Tag us in your photos and follow our Story for the highlights.
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#edenvalley #naturalworld #poetrypath #edenbenchmarks #goldsworthysheepfolds #naturebooks #naturereads #bookstagram #igreads #igbooks #instareads #instabooks #bookblogger #bookfeature #newbooks #indiebooks #indiepublishing #shopindie #supportsmall #bookstagramuk #bookchat #bookoftheweek #bookoftheday

Our next #BYMHM is The Lyre Dancers by Mandy Haggi

Our next #BYMHM is The Lyre Dancers by Mandy Haggith @mandyhaggith. The third in the Iron Age trilogy, The Stone Series. A beautifully written, engrossing tale, The Lyre Dancers takes place in a richly imagined world that challenges our modern views of family, gender roles and our place in the environment. Perils and passions take their turn across the pages of this early Celtic saga that Allan Massie @the.scotsman said "invites the reader to explore a strange world and far-distant time ... enthralling."
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Tag us in your photos and follow our Story for highlights. .
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#BYMHM #bookstagram #igreads #igbooks #instareads #instabooks #bookblogger #bookfeature #newbooks #indiebooks #indiepublishing #shopindie #supportsmall #bookstagramuk #bookchat #bookoftheweek #bookoftheday #historicalfiction #ironage #celtic

The first book in our Books You May Have Missed se

The first book in our Books You May Have Missed series (#BYMHM) is The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange by Sue Lawrence. A reimagined story of a true crime, this book is based on the true story of betrayal, abduction and exile of Lady Grange on St Kilda in 1732. How an educated woman of rank and status simply 'disappeared' at the hands of her husband. It's time for #TheRealLadyGrange to have her say. .
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#LadyGrange #StKilda #MonachIsles #ScottishHistory #kidnapped #exile #betrayal #historicalfiction #jacobites #feminism #lostvoices #womensrights #womensequality #nastywomen #womensvoices #oursharedshelf

I think we can all agree that the last three month

I think we can all agree that the last three months have been a whirlwind. Many of us have made sacrifices and had to give up things and people we love. But many have also found happiness and community in lockdown. For all of these reasons, books that have been published during lockdown may well have passed you by, swept up in the chaos and the noise. Especially since browsing your favourite bookshops hasn't been an option.
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So, to try and make up for that we're spending the next week putting a spotlight on all the books we've published during lockdown. One a day. On our feed and in our stories. . . .
We'd love to showcase some of our followers' pics and reviews so check each morning to see which book we're featuring and then tag us in your posts and we'll repost them on our stories. .
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#BYMHM #bookstagram #igreads #igbooks #instareads #instabooks #bookblogger #bookfeature #newbooks #indiebooks #indiepublishing #shopindie #supportsmall #bookstagramuk #bookchat #bookoftheweek #bookoftheday

The winner of our recent @thetimes Crime Club comp

The winner of our recent @thetimes Crime Club competition is very happy indeed with her prize. A bottle of Aberdeen @houseofelrick gin to drink whilst reading Payback - the latest in the Aberdeen-set Harcus and Laird detective series - by Claire MacLeary. Not jealous at all! Slainte all and happy Bank Holiday Weekend
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#bookcompetitions #bookprizes #bookgiveaways #sundaytimescrimeclub #crimeclub #payback #sundaytimesbooks #crimereadingmonth #crimereads #detectiveseries

The Nature of Summer is out today. Just as the day

The Nature of Summer is out today. Just as the days are becoming longer and the sun is shining a little brighter. As spring bleeds into summer this is exactly what we need right now: to breathe in nature through the pages of Jim Crumley. .
As a special celebration, anyone who buys a copy directly from us will be entered into a prize draw to win a bundle of four beautiful Encounters in the Wild books: Hare, Fox, Barn Owl, Skylark. Link in bio!
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#naturewriting #naturebooks #natureofsummer #summer #seasonsseries #seasons #placewriting #igreads #igbooks #instareads #instabooks #bookstagram

THURSDAY 21st May This week, Jim Crumley is sharin

THURSDAY 21st May
This week, Jim Crumley is sharing a reading from The Nature of Summer. So no matter where you are – indoors or outdoors, stuck in the city or on nature's doorstep – we can all be transported to Crumley's heartlands of Scotland together.
Join us: Facebook @ 1pm.
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#virtualbookreading #digitalbookevents #naturewriting #naturereading #FBlive #bookevent #lunchtimereading #lunchtime

Some exciting #VirtualBookEvents coming up for our

Some exciting #VirtualBookEvents coming up for our authors this week: 🤣@sparklytights chatting to @helenlederer on Instagram Live @cwipprize 🕵️‍♀️@nicolamartinwriter reading and chatting #DeadRinger at Virtual Noir at the Bar (link in bio to sign up) 🍃 and Jim Crumley sharing a lunchtime reading of The Nature of Summer on our Facebook @ Saraband Books .
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#virtualevents #booksevents #bookchat #onlinereadings #bookshops

We have some wonderfully good news for a Friday af

We have some wonderfully good news for a Friday afternoon: the Saraband newsletter has returned! We'll be sending out the first edition of GOOD NEWS next week so make you're signed up. (We're starting afresh, so if you've signed up previously you will need to SIGN UP AGAIN) Ta.

We are so proud of this book and of Donald's recen

We are so proud of this book and of Donald's recent shortlisting for the @society_of_authors Paul Torday Prize. It's a poignant tale that will stay with you for a long and we wish the book and Donald the best of luck. .
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#literaryfiction #booksoftheyear #booksaremybag #societyofauthors #igreads #igbooks #instareads #instabooks #indiepublishing #shopsmall #shopindie #indiebooks #scottishfiction

As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S Murray short

As the Women Lay Dreaming by Donald S Murray shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize!
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✨ Announcing the shortlists for the Society of Authors' Awards! ✨ 29 writers and illustrators shortlisted for £100,000 prize fund – showcasing the inclusive power of the written word. #SoAwards – Thanks for support from ALCS: alcs.co.uk⁠
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