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Jul 6

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Introducing the winner of the NorthBound Book Award 2022 - Julia Rampen! Julia’s novel, The Bay, is recalls the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster of 2004. The story centres on the unlikely friendship between teenager Suling, a trafficked cockle picker working for a brutal gangmaster, and widower Harold, once a cockler himself. Harold is a pensioner whose daughter thinks it’s time he moved into a care home. When one day Suling’s fellow workers disappear without trace, she finds herself alone, homeless and penniless, hunted by ruthless debt collectors and with nowhere to hide. As Harold frets about his loss of memory and mobility and rages about being ignored by society—and Suling tries to navigate a country where she is both invisible and in grave danger—their paths cross. Each must learn to trust the other. Meanwhile, day and night, menacing tides traverse the Bay. Julia Rampen said: “Researching the book was a journey of discovery, and I hope the book will be a gateway to some of the excellent reporting and memoirs that I was lucky enough to read across on my way.” The NorthBound Book Award, supported by the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York, New Writing North and Saraband, was created in 2019 to celebrate the richness of writing from the North of England and the innovative spirit of independent publishing. It is judged by representatives of the partner organisations with guest judges each year. Julia wins £5000 plus publication with Saraband. Congratulations, Julia! #northboundbookaward #morecambebay #northernwriters #bookprize #juliarampen #saraband #universityofyork #newwritingnorth #independentpublishing #northernpublishing #indiepublisher #awardwinningbooks

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Jul 1

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See Claire MacLeary in conversation with Theresa Talbot to celebrate the launch of Death Drop, the new book in the Harcus and Laird series. In this fifth Harcus and Laird novel, Claire MacLeary fashions a fast-paced, fresh and topical new adventure for her inimitable PI partnership. In association with Waterstones, this event will take place on Tuesday 5th July at 7pm at Primavera Bistro, Newton Mearns. #tartannoir #deathdrop #clairemacleary #scottishauthors #scottishthrillers #privateinvestigatornovels #scottishnovel #noirnovel #noirbook #thrillerbooklovers #bookstagramscotland #newtonmearns #glasgowevents #authorevents #booklaunches #booklaunch

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Jun 25

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It's the final day of #IndieBookshopWeek Earlier in the week Catherine Simpson and Sue Lawrence popped into @toppingsedin to sign copies of One Body and The Green Lady! Thank you @booksaremybag for a great week celebrating all of the brilliant independent bookstores across the UK 🧡 @catherinesimpsonwriter #onebody #thegreenlady #suelawrence #historicalfiction #memoir #womenshealth #biography #scottishbooks #scottishauthors #edinburghbookshop #edinburghbooks #independentbookstore #shoplocal #shopindependent

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Jun 24

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We’re happy to report that Jim Crumley and Stan Abbott have been shortlisted at the 2022 Lakeland Book of the Year awards, with their books Lakeland Wild and Walking the Line, respectively. Jim and Stan follow in the footsteps of Saraband authors who have been selected for these awards in the recent past: Karen Lloyd’s The Gathering Tide and The Blackbird Diaries and Nicola Martin’s Dead Ringer all won awards, while Dick Capel was shortlisted with his book on the Eden Valley, The Stream Invites us to Follow. Lakeland Book of the Year celebrates writing inspired by the Lake District. Congratulations Jim and @stan.dare! #LakelandBookoftheYear

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Jun 24

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Here's @graememacraeburnet signing books @bookcasehebden in Hebden Bridge – a fantastic indie in a town full of thriving indie shops. Long live the high street! #indiebookshopweek2022 #casestudy #casestudygmb #indiebookshopweek #hebdenbridge #literaryfiction #manbookerprizeshortlist #bookerprize #bookerprizeshortlist #hisbloodyproject #indiebookstore #indiebookshop #independentbookstore #independentbookshops #independentbookshop #shoplocal #northernbookstores #booksaremybag #yorkshireuk #indiebooks #graememacraeburnet

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Jun 23

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Can you spot As the Women Lay Dreaming and The Green Lady on display in Ullapool Bookshop’s Scottish Fiction section? Find a range of Saraband titles in independent bookshops across the UK this #IndieBookshopWeek @booksaremybag @ullapoolbookshop #thegreenlady #asthewomenlaydreaming #historicalfiction #scottishfiction #bookstagramscotland #scottishbookstagram #scottishbooks #scottishhistory #maryqueenofscots #tudorperiod #historicalfiction #historicalbooks #historicalnovel #shopindependent #indiebookshop #indiebookshops #indiebookstores #scottishbookstore #scottishbookshop #ullapoolbookshop

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Jun 22

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Thanks to @bookendsbookshopcarlisle for always supporting Saraband author Stan L Abbott and his books, Walking the Line and Ring of Stone Circles. This #IndieBookshopWeek we are reminded just how important indie bookstores are to the success of authors published by independent publishers. Thank you indie bookshops! @booksaremybag #independentbookshop #lakedistrictbooks #cumbrialife #carlisle #bookendsbookshop #bookshops #indiebookshops #shoplocal #shopindependent #ringofstonecircles #neolithicperiod #neolithiccumbria #lakedistrictwalks #walkingtheline

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Jun 21

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We hope you're all enjoying the sunshine today, especially since it's the longest day of the year! 🌞 Here's two books perfect to read this Summer Solstice: - Cottongrass Summer by Roy Dennis - The Nature of Summer by Jim Crumley #midsummer #firstdayofsummer #summersolstice #summerreading #cottongrasssummer #thenatureofsummer #summertimereading #summertimereads #summerreads #readinglist #readingideas #tbr #tbrlist #tbrstack #tbrpile #bookstoread #toberead #bookstagramuk

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Jun 21

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Signed copies of Case Study, Extraction to Extinction and Cottongrass Summer available at Limestone Books in Settle, North Yorks! What better way to celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek than heading down to your local indie store and finding a signed copy of a fantastic book? @graememacraeburnet @booksaremybag #indiebookawards #signedbooks #casestudygmb #extractiontoextinction #cottongrasssummer #signedbook #authorsignature #authorsigning #authorsignings #indiebookshops #indiebookstore #independentbookshopweek #independentbookstore #independentbooshop #localbookshop #shopsmall #shoplocal #highstreet #localhighstreet #bookstagramuk #bookstagram #settle #visitsettle #visitnorthyorkshire

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Jun 20

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Hello Yorkshire! Adam Farrer will be signing copies of Cold Fish Soup this summer at The Whitby Bookshop and The Beverley Bookshop 🥳 We're just over six weeks away until the publication of Cold Fish Soup and we couldn't be more excited! Pre-order now from your favourite indie bookshop, Bookshop.org or the Saraband website @adamjfarrer @whitbybookshop @thebeverleybookshop_ #booksignings #authorsigning #authorsignings #coldfishsoup #memoir #essaycollection #summerreadinglist #summerreads #IndieBookshopWeek #indiebooksawards @booksaremybag

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Jun 19

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Find signed copies of ‘Recovering Dorothy’ by Polly Atkin at Sam Read Bookseller in Grasmere this #IndieBookshopWeek Dorothy Wordsworth is well known as the author of the Alfoxden and Grasmere Journals (1798–1803) and as the sister of the poet William Wordsworth. She is widely praised for her nature writing and is often remembered as a woman of great physical vitality. Less well known, however, is that Dorothy became seriously ill in 1829 and was mostly housebound for the last twenty years of her life. Her personal letters and unpublished journals from this time paint a portrait of a compassionate and creative woman who made her sickroom into a garden for herself and her pet robin and who finally grew to call herself a poet. They also reveal how vital Dorothy was to her brother’s success, and the closeness they shared as siblings. By re-examining her life through the perspective of her illness, this biography allows Dorothy Wordsworth to step out from her brother’s shadow and back into her own life story. The Wordsworth siblings are a special part of Grasmere's history, where they lived in Dove Cottage. #wordsworth #dovecottage #discoverthelakedistrict #discovercumbria #thelakedistrict #grasmere #visitgrasmere #dorothywordsworth #williamwordsworth #grasmeregingerbread #recoveringdorothy #disabilityactivist #biographyandmemoir #biography #indiebookshopweek #indiebookawards @booksaremybag @pollyrowena @samreadbookseller

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Jun 18

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Sue Lawrence is the author of The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange, Down to the Sea, and more recently The Green Lady, which was published earlier this year. 💚 But did you know that Sue won MasterChef in 1991 and is also one of the UK's leading cookery writers?! 🤯 Take this as your sign to enjoy a scone (or two 😉) while you read The Green Lady this weekend 📖 Signed copies of The Green Lady are available at The Mainstreet Trading Company this #IndieBookshopWeek #suelawrence #thegreenlady #masterchef #masterchefuk #masterchefwinner #historicalfiction #scottishauthors #scottishchef #scottishbaker #scottishwriter #fyviecastle #fyvie #weekendreading #weekendreads #weekendplans #tbr #tbrlist #toberead #readingrecs #readingrecommendations #bookrecommendation #scottishhistory #maryqueenofscots #historicalfictionnovel #historicalfictionbook #historicalbook #historicalnovel #indiebookshop

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Jun 18

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We are proud to be supporting independent bookshops this #IndieBookshopWeek (and every other week too!) Celebrate Independent Bookshop Week by shopping locally and independently. #shoplocal #shopindependently #shopsmall #indiebookshops #indiebookstores #independentbookshop #independentbookshops #independentbookstores #independentbookshopweek #independentbookstores #indiebookawards @booksaremybag

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Jun 16

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Behind the scenes of Cold Fish Soup 🐟 The painting used on the cover of @adamjfarrer's upcoming collection of personal essays is titled 'The North Sea' by German maritime painter, Patrick von Kalckreuth 🌊 The painting was finished in 1955 and more recently sold at auction in 2011 for an impressive £3250! 🎨 Cold Fish Soup is out in the UK on August 4, 2022 and is available for pre-order now. #arthistory #bookcoverart #bookcovers #beautifulbooks #coldfishsoup #adamfarrer #personalessays #northboundbookaward #northernbooks #summerreads #summerreadinglist #bookstagramuk #bookstagrammers #nonfictionlovers #memoirlovers #memoirs #nonfictionbooks

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