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  • Ghost Trees Bob Gilbert

    [trim]“This is the book for those that enjoy a…mix of learned natural history, historical anecdotes and dry humour.” Angus Hanton, Living Woods[/trim]


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  • A Scots Dictionary of Nature Amanda Thomson

    [trim]"A stunning wee book detailing some of the wonderfully inventive Scots words that document the world around us." The List[/trim]


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  • Incandescent Anna Levin

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  • The Nature of Spring Jim Crumley

    [trim]"A fantastic writer … exquisite observations of details in the landscape as well as sweeping vistas … remarkable." Ben Hoare, BBC Countryfile magazine[/trim]


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  • Overlander Alan Brown

    [trim]"An outstanding debut, brimming with charming anecdotes, helpful advice and poignant discussions about Scotland and the UK today, making it a timely read." Chiara Bullen, The Great Outdoors[/trim]


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  • Ghost Trees Bob Gilbert

    [trim]“Warm, rich and fascinating… [Gilbert] is a generous guide, with a deep knowledge of plant life and a fine turn of phrase.” Jon Day, Guardian[/trim]


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  • The Nature of Winter Jim Crumley

    [trim]"Inviting and informative…Crumley has earned himself the enviable position of our foremost nature commentator…Meditative…bewitching…outspoken…persuasive…a true winter's tale." Rosemary Goring, Herald[/trim]


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  • The Nature of Autumn Jim Crumley

    [trim]"A cornucopia of autumnal delight." The Scots Magazine[/trim]


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  • Sagas of Salt and Stone Robin Noble

    [trim]"A wonderful and evocative celebration of the land and people of Orkney." Anna Ritchie[/trim]


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  • Kingfisher Jim Crumley

    [trim]“A passionate, compelling, very personal work… the honesty of his voice is striking.” Scottish Review of Books[/trim]


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  • Otter Jim Crumley

    [trim]“An astonishingly good writer. Not just an astonishingly good nature writer, but an outstanding artist with prose.” West Highland Free Press[/trim]


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  • The Blackbird Diaries Karen Lloyd

    [trim]"A writer of rare talent, always with a sharp eye and an open heart, Lloyd quietly and unassumingly shares her observations of nature, drawing you into a world made rich with the company of birds." Miriam Darlington, BBC Wildlife[/trim]


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  • The Island in Imagination and Experience Barry Smith

    [trim]"Magisterial… A harrowing, enthralling piece of work that bears comparison with John Prebble’s equally dense, equally passionate classic, The Highland Clearances." Jim Perrin, The Great Outdoors[/trim]


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  • Badger Jim Crumley

    [trim]‘Virtuoso writing… Jim Crumley’s books come from an intelligence drawn from place.’ BBC Countryfile[/trim]


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  • Skylark Jim Crumley

    [trim]“Enthralling and often strident.” Observer[/trim]


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  • Castles in the Mist Robin Noble

    [trim]Saltire Society History Book of the Year 2016, SHORTLISTED[/trim]


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We're excited that @christinamriley will be launching Looking Down at the Stars at the lovely @portybooks, in conversation with @rkrystalli ✨ 

🗓️ Thursday 13th November, 7pm

🎟️ Tickets available via the Porty Bookshop website

✨ Signed and dedicated edition available to pre-order 

In 2022, Christina Riley became an ‘underwater artist in residence’ at the Argyll Coast Hope Spot – a place of incredible natural beauty in Scotland also crucial for the health of the world’s oceans. She spent days submerged alongside marine life, before resurfacing to reflect, recreate and recount what she had seen – and the feelings of love, hope and responsibility her experience had evoked in her.

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We're delighted to announce that we'll be publishing 'predominant nature writer' Jim Crumley's latest book, Symphonic: Harmony in Nature and Why It Matters ✨

Publishing on the 12 February 2026, Crumley draws on more than six decades of immersion in wild landscapes to explore the profound harmony at the heart of the natural world—and why it matters now more than ever.

Visit our website to read more! 

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Have you discovered our In the Moment series yet? 

Books exploring the role of both mind and body in movement, purpose, and reflection, finding ways of being fully present in our activities and environment 🌿 

We're delighted to announce two new books publishing in 2026:

💎 In Search of Gems
🌲 Nature's Almanac 

Read more about the series on our website! 

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A huge thank you to everyone who attended Linda's @aberfeldywatermillbookshop launch last night 🎉 

And thanks to Jamie Jauncey for hosting and Claire Hewitt for the sea-songs! 

Copies of Sea Marked are available in the Watermill Bookshop now.

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Happy publication day to @linda_cracknell_writer and Sea Marked 🎉

A memoir of place, memory and motion, of seafarers, and the author’s connections to them and to the sea

Visit our blog to read a guest post by Linda: The Adventure of Writing Sea Marked

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This year marks ten years since the publication of the propulsive, Booker-shortlisted contemporary classic His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet.

To celebrate, a special tenth anniversary edition will be available on the 2 October 2025.

Find out more on our website!

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Happy publication day to @francis_sanzaro and The Zen of the Wild 🎉 

As we live increasingly urbanised lives, we seek out wilderness and green space in times of hardship and turmoil, or simply during our leisure time. In the process of exploring and understanding more about the benefits of being in nature, many of us have taken up swimming, forest bathing, cycling, hiking and running in the open air. But when we spend this time in the wild, are we really connected to it?

To foster a genuine connection with the natural world, and to better protect it, we must embrace its contradictions as well as the surface beauty. Through deeper engagement with our environment, we can discover the wild within ourselves, too.

Read more on our website! 

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Happy publication day to @catherinesimpsonwriter and Hold Fast 🎉 

Hold Fast: Motherhood, my autistic daughter and me is an unforgettable story that shows what a gift it is to see someone not as the world tells them they should be, but as they are.

Read more about the book on our website, and visit our blog for a guest post from Catherine! 

#HoldFast #Autism #Autistic #Bookstagram #PublicationDay
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A huge congratulations to @graememacraeburnet on being shortlisted for Best International Crime novel at @austcrimewriters Ned Kelly Awards 🎉 

A Case of Matricide is out now in paperback - discover more on our website! 

#ACaseOfMatricide #Gorski #NedKellyAwards #AustraliaCrimeWritersAssociation #Saraband #GraemeMacraeBurnet
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Join Linda on board the @bessie_ellen to celebrate the publication of her latest book, Sea Marked: Throwing a Line to a Coastal Past. 

⛵ Bessie Ellen, Seaport Marina
🗓 8 September, 6pm 
🎟 RSVP lcracknell0@gmail.com

Linda’s quest to learn more about her seafaring family history brings her to a blustery harbour. As she throws a line to pull in a boat, she is struck by the parallel with her mission to reel the past closer to the present, to find her place in a family tree full of mariners whose lives were defined by the ebb and flow of tides.

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We’re delighted to announce that we’re now open to Inklings pitch submissions until the 31st August!

We are interested in seeing pitches that address culture and its impact; individual cultural figures from a new perspective; social issues; expressions of identity; and the climate crisis and environmental issues.

Visit our website for further information - we’re really looking forward to reading your submissions!

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Today marks Emily Brontë's birthday 📚💙

Discover more about Emily in Emily Brontë Reappraised by @drclaireocall 

In this biography with a twist, Claire O’Callaghan conjures a new image of Emily and rehabilitates her reputation by exploring the themes of her life and work, from feminism to her passion for the natural world. She also explores the art, film and television roles Emily has inspired, and the myths and misconceptions about her. What we discover is that Emily was, in fact, a thoroughly modern woman. 

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The @waterstones 25% off pre-order promotion is now live! 📚

📚 The offer will run until 23.59 on Thursday 31st July

📚 Enter SUMMER25 at the checkout to redeem the offer and receive 25% off the RRP

📚 The offer is exclusively available on the Waterstones website and the Waterstones app

Happy shopping! 

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We're delighted to reveal the cover and announce the publication of Looking Down at the Stars: Life Beneath the Waves by @christinamriley 

In 2022, Christina Riley became an ‘underwater artist in residence’ at the Argyll Coast Hope Spot – a place of incredible natural beauty in Scotland also crucial for the health of the world’s oceans. She spent days submerged alongside marine life, before resurfacing to reflect, recreate and recount what she had seen – and the feelings of love, hope and responsibility her experience had evoked in her.

The resulting essays, collected in this stunning volume, swim through the kaleidoscope of marine life she found there, from starfish to seagrass to the water itself. What shines through all of them is a sense of wonder that is also a call to action. Looking Down at the Stars asks: how can we harness our feelings of awe at the natural world in order to take better care of it?

Publishing in November, visit our website to find out more! 

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