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Sara Allerton

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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Introducing LAKELAND WILD. From the @highlandbookp

Introducing LAKELAND WILD. From the @highlandbookprize, @wainwrightprize and @saltiresociety listed author Jim Crumley.

The Lake District is one of our busiest national parks. Many people believe that wildness is long gone from the fells, lakes, tarns and becks, yet, within its boundaries, Jim Crumley sets out to prove them wrong – to find “a new way of seeing and writing about this most seen and written about of landscapes”.

“Notions of spirit of place thread through the book ... soulful but resisting the ethereal.” Cumbria Life Magazine BOOK OF THE MONTH

This beautiful book is out now 📚.

Join us on Thursday 17 June at 7pm to hear Jim Crumley discuss the book with fellow nature writer Karen Lloyd. Online and free to watch. Link in bio to register.

📷: @samreadbookseller
Cover art: @tessakennedy_art

Find out more about Saskia Goldschmidt's research

Find out more about Saskia Goldschmidt's research and writing process for SHOCKED EARTH on Tue 25 May @ 7pm. She will be in conversation with translator Antoinette Fawcett and chair Helen Sedgwick, discussing the rural province of the Netherlands that happened to be built on one of the biggest gas fields in the world and which formed the inspiration for SHOCKED EARTH.

Tickets are free. Register below. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shocked-earth-by-saskia-goldschmidt-book-launch-tickets-153442798541

🚲 "Cycling along, the interior landscape changi

🚲 "Cycling along, the interior landscape changing faster than the topography. Memory and dreams whipping themselves into daymares. A much-loved country became almost subconsciously foreign, unfamiliar, the spring sun hot and dangerous, close friends distant. The weight of all that’s remembered."

Chris Dolan is discussing journeys, inside and out, with Kieran Cunningham this afternoon at Aye Write Glasgow's Book Festival. Adventures, mental health, the power of nature and exercise memoir and his memoir Everything Passes, Everything Remains.

https://saraband.net/sb-title/everything-passes-everything-remains-freewheelin-through-spain-song-and-memory/

#mentalhealthawarenessweek #mentalhealth #memoir

UK book launch of SHOCKED EARTH, the timely enviro $UK book launch of SHOCKED EARTH, the timely environmental novel by acclaimed Dutch author Saskia Goldschmidt. Join us for an evening of readings and conversation with Dutch author Saskia Goldschmidt and translator Antoinette Fawcett, hosted by author Helen Sedgwick. They will be discussing Goldschmidt's latest novel, Shocked Earth, translated from Dutch by Fawcett – covering themes such as the danger of gas extraction/fracking, the neglect of rural communities and the generational and geographical divides that separate us. And, of course, the writing and translation process. The event will take place on YouTube and is free to attend. Links will be sent to attendees the day before. Register via link in bio. In Shocked Earth, Saskia Goldschmidt investigates what it means to have your identity intensely entwined with your place of birth and your principles at odds with your closest kin. And how to keep standing when the world as you know it is slowly falling apart. #virtualbooklaunch #northernbooks #environmentalfiction #translatedfiction #literarytranslation #bookevents #shockedearth #familysaga #womenintranslation #indiepublishing$

SHOCKED EARTH: a timely environmental novel by acc $SHOCKED EARTH: a timely environmental novel by acclaimed Dutch author Saskia Goldschmidt. OUT 13 MAY. "Exquisitely captures the way our lives and identities are interwoven with the land we live on, and how its destruction will ultimately be our own. A powerful portrait of a family ... An essential call to action." @helensedgwickauthor “Written with attentiveness to the complex relationship between landscape, community and nature ... A powerful and moving story of love, loss and determination to look ahead to the future.” Ben Smith, author of Doggerland SHOCKED EARTH is an earth-shattering novel, set in the Netherlands, about the dangers of fracking and gas extraction operations, the neglect of rural communities and the generational and geographical divides that separate us. Told through a cast of endearing and memorable characters. #ShockedEarth #womenintranslation #translatedliterature #readmorewomen #climatefiction #environmentalreading #ecofiction #bookstagram #whattoread #instabook #instareads #translationthursday$

🌼🌸 The May bank holidays are always a real s

🌼🌸 The May bank holidays are always a real sign of spring, soon to be summer! We’re spending this rainy #BankHolidayMonday reading Jim Crumley’s beautiful account of Scottish springtime and tuning into nature’s movements near and far. And reminding ourselves that nature will be grateful for this downpour. You can practically hear the plants and trees slurping.

The Nature of Spring is out in paperback now.

The Nature of Summer is out in paperback on Thursday 6 May. & you can join us on 8 May to find out whether The Nature of Summer has won the Highland Book Prize. 🤞🏼@moniackmhor @highlandbookprize

#MayDay #bankholidayreading #naturewriting #scottishnature #booksonenvironment #highlandbookprize #jimcrumley #natureofspring #natureofsummer #natureofinstagram #bookstagram

PUBLICATION DAY 📚 for WESTERING: Footways and f

PUBLICATION DAY 📚 for WESTERING: Footways and folkways from Norfolk to the Welsh Coast by Laurence Mitchell.

A history-rich journey from Norfolk to the Welsh coast that walks us through landscapes of natural beauty and the imprints of industrialisation – inspiring local wanderlust with every step.

‘A beautifully compelling reminder that we never walk alone … a superb and illuminating guide.’ Julian Hoffman (author of Irreplaceable)

Let's go for a walk... 🚶‍♂️

#westering #walking #walkingguide #travelguide #folklore #norfolkcountryside #welshcoast #longwalks #wanderlust #holidayfromhome

🌱🧤 National Gardening Week is in full swing.

🌱🧤 National Gardening Week is in full swing. More than ever before, lockdown has proved the importance of green spaces in our lives. Through a lifetime’s experience of award-winning work in community gardens, Jan Cameron shows us the links between gardening and our wellbeing.

This book is perfect for anyone who is looking to learn strategies for their own mental health, or the mental health of others, and how gardening can play a role in recovery.

It is a story about gardens and how people can grow well in them.

#NationalGardeningWeek #wellbeing #mentalhealth #gardeningismytherapy #gardeningtherapy #growforwellbeing #thegardencure

On #EarthDay2021 we’ll be showcasing readings an

On #EarthDay2021 we’ll be showcasing readings and discussions from our authors, tackling topics of climate change, environment and conservation.

Join us for a day of inspiring and thought-provoking work.

All free. All on YouTube. Not registration required.

#earthday #climatecrisis #environmentalawareness #naturewriting #wildlifeconservation #wilding #darkskies #cop26 #climateaction #environmentalism #intersectionalenvironmentalism #climatejustice

DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE LONGLISTED 🎉🏆 *Castl

DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE LONGLISTED 🎉🏆

*Castles from Cobwebs* by the outstanding J.A. Mensah has been longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize! Congratulations to this brave and magical debut #DEP21 @writerscentre.

& congrats to the other listed indies @scribe_uk @grantabooks @faberbooks @tramppress @unbounders 🎉

We are so thrilled that this wonderful novel has been recognised by this prestigious prize for early career writers.

#CastlesfromCobwebs #bookstagram #whattoread #instabooks #instareads #desmondelliott #debutnovel #indiepress

**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

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