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The Adventure of Writing Sea Marked – guest post by Linda Cracknell

Posted on September 1, 2025

Walking and motion have always been essential to my writing, but I can still enjoy a good walk without writing. Between…

Hold Fast: Motherhood, my autistic daughter and me – guest post by Catherine Simpson

Posted on August 1, 2025

Why this story? Why now? During Covid I was caring for my father who had Alzheimer’s in Lancashire, while at the same ti…

Saraband to publish Looking Down at the Stars, by Nan Shepherd Prize longlistee Christina Riley – an exploration of the wonder of marine life

Posted on July 22, 2025

Saraband is set to publish Looking Down at the Stars: Life Beneath the Waves by Christina Riley, a collection of joyous…

Inklings pitch submissions open from 1st to 31st August

Posted on July 11, 2025

  We’re delighted to announce that we’re open to Inklings pitch submissions from 1st to 31st August. The Inklings i…

Saraband to take the Inklings series forward after 404 Ink closure

Posted on July 11, 2025

  In the wake of the decision by 404 Ink co-founders Laura Jones-Rivera and Heather McDaid to close their publishin…

Flint Country: A Stone Journey – guest post by Laurence Mitchell

Posted on July 1, 2025

I came to write this book by way of a roundabout route. Although I have lived in East Anglia for most of my adult life,…