The section of the Bayeux Tapestry that features King Harold II with an arrow in his eye shown alongside an image of the book 'Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures' by Adam Farrer.
The TV presenter Dave Benson Phillips shown alongside an image of the book 'Cold Fish Soup' by Adam Farrer.
The musician Prince shown alongside image of the books 'Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures' and 'Cold Fish Soup' by Adam Farrer.
The Ultimate Warrior shown alongside an image of the book 'Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures' by Adam Farrer.
At this time of year people like buying books about celebrities/notable people, so here are some of the ones that are mentioned in mine, pictured alongside the book in which they feature.
I'm no marketing genius, but I'll try anything at this point.
linktr.ee/adamjfarrer #booksky
08.12.2025 09:20 — 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
Thank you @outdoorscots.bsky.social for including Looking Down at the Stars ✨
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09.12.2025 14:17 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations! 🙌
09.12.2025 09:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Gorski Trilogy by Graeme Macrae Burnet, in paperback for £30. Published by Saraband.
From double Booker Prize listed author, Graeme Macrae Burnet, the Gorski Trilogy follows Chief Inspector Georges Gorski around the streets and bars of Saint-Louis, investigating disappearances and mysterious strangers.
Buy the complete trilogy in paperback for £30.
saraband.net/product/the-...
05.12.2025 10:03 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The Nature Chronicles Prize key dates and entry criteria reminder.
https://naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-conditions
The Nature Chronicles Prize key dates and entry criteria reminder.
https://naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-conditions
The Nature Chronicles Prize key dates and entry criteria reminder.
https://naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-conditions
As the closing date draws nearer, here's a reminder of the Prize's key dates and entry criteria 🍃
Please do read the full Ts&Cs on our website before submitting your entry.
Good luck, and we can't wait to read your work 📝
naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-co...
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03.12.2025 10:58 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
They’re all excellent reading!
03.12.2025 11:24 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Overwhelmed by this generous review of "Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Uncharted Island" by the @scotsman.com's chief literary critic Allan Massie in today's supplement on Scottish Books 2025. Reminiscent of the Ealing comedies? I'll take that!
29.11.2025 15:32 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Paperback non-fiction bundle from Saraband. Featuring Sea Marked by Linda Cracknell, Hold Fast by Catherine Simpson, Single and Psycho by Caroline Young, There She Goes edited by Esa Aldegheri, Second Nature by Susie White and The Gathering Tide by Karen Lloyd. Any two of the titles in this bundle are £25.
The paperback non-fiction bundle is perfect for those a little more difficult to buy for!
There’s something for film buffs, to those who love history and inspiring personal stories.
Buy two bundle paperback non-fiction books for £25.
saraband.net/product/pape...
#Booksky #ChristmasShopping
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01.12.2025 13:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The latest Goodreads review of my first book, Cold Fish Soup. At this point my books should be categorised under “Not your usual thing but you’ll probably like it.”
Importantly, everyone listen to Cerys.
@saraband-books.bsky.social
01.12.2025 09:41 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
‘Fragments of knowledge and imagination flicker in and out of view, like sunlight in seagrass.’
Christina Riley’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’, November BOTM, gently leads us to a love that is born from looking, writes Kirsteen Bell — and to hope 🪸✨ www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
28.11.2025 14:20 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We've just added some staff picks to our @bookshop.org page.
When you buy through our page, we earn a commission, plus Bookshop donates a matching sum to independent bookshops. There's also FREE SHIPPING until Monday! www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/staf...
Image: Book token by Gwen White, 1936
29.11.2025 11:44 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Publishing in early 2026 are three new In the Moment books. In Search of Gems: Finding Treasures in Wild Places by Kenneth Steven, Nature’s Almanac: A Gift for Every Day of the Year by Susie White and Swimming the Seasons: A Freshwater Almanac by Polly Atkin. All published by Saraband.
Publishing in early 2026 are three new In the Moment books!
💎 In Search of Gems: Finding Treasures in Wild Places by Kenneth Steven
🌿 Nature’s Almanac: A Gift for Every Day of the Year by Susie White
🏊🏻♂️ Swimming the Seasons: A Freshwater Almanac by @pollyrowena.bsky.social
📚 saraband.net/books
27.11.2025 15:51 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Brilliant book!
25.11.2025 12:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Guess the 15 Saraband book covers correctly and be in with a chance of winning one of the featured books.
Guess the 15 Saraband book covers correctly and be in with a chance of winning one of the featured books!
(Pssst...if you find yourself in need of some help, visit our website)
Send your answers via the below link by midnight on 14th December. UK entrants only.
✍️ tinyurl.com/yrnv8zye
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25.11.2025 11:06 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
In our latest subscriber-exclusive interview, Christina Riley speaks to Tallulah about the writings of Rachel Carson, seeing the world through a scallop’s eyes, and the inherent poetry of the sea.
Preview here, or subscribe / sign in to read in full: steady.page/en/caughtbyt...
24.11.2025 18:02 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Paperback fiction bundle from Saraband. Any two books included in the offer for £20. The image shows Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly, Whispers in the Glen by Sue Lawrence, Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Uncharted Island by Olga Wojtas, His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet, How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica and What Doesn't Kill Us by Ajay Close.
✨ Paperback fiction bundle ✨
There’s something for everyone in the paperback fiction bundle, from prize winners to debut talent
Immerse yourself in historical and contemporary fiction, romance and cosy crime
Buy two bundle paperback fiction books for £20
saraband.net/product/pape...
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24.11.2025 11:17 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Look! We've made the New Town Church in George Street, Edinburgh, all festive for you for The Scottish Christmas Book Fair! We'd love to see you there! 🎄🎄🎄
20.11.2025 17:49 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Making gardens for magical moths
How the wonder of moths winged its way into the life of garden expert Susie White and inspired her latest book. Tony Henderson reports
Making gardens for magical moths
"How the wonder of moths winged its way into the life of garden expert Susie White and inspired her latest book."
www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/making-gar...
#Booksky @culturednortheast.bsky.social
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20.11.2025 15:53 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Gardener and the Moth:Planting for Moths and Butterflies by Susie White, published by Saraband.
Happy publication day to Susie White and The Gardener and the Moth 🦋
Learn how to create a garden that works both day and night for moths and butterflies, attracting stunning species and helping both flora and fauna to thrive.
saraband.net/product/in-t...
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20.11.2025 09:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
To mark the 10th anniversary of His Bloody Project first being published and to celebrate Graeme Macrae Burnet taking part in Book Week Scotland 2025, Saraband is giving away two signed copies of the book.
To be in with a chance of winning, share this post and follow @heraldscotland.bsky.social
19.11.2025 15:46 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The Nature Chronicles Prize: 2 anthology, published by Saraband.
Our friends at @saraband-books.bsky.social have included the Nature Chronicles Prize 2 anthology in their Christmas shop!
Treat a loved one, a friend (or even yourself) to this beautiful book of winning essays from the 2024 Prize 🍃
saraband.net/2025/11/12/s...
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19.11.2025 11:36 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Ajay Close, winner of Fiction Book of the Year 2024, with What Doesn't Kill Us, at the Saltire Book Awards.
Ahead of the Saltire Book Awards tonight, we're celebrating Ajay Close being the current reigning champion for Fiction Book of the Year, with #WhatDoesntKillUs
Good luck to everyone shortlisted this year 🎉
#Booksky
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19.11.2025 09:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Non-Fiction November featuring books published by Saraband.
Looking Down at the Stars, Sea Marked, Single and Psycho, Peat and Whisky, Cold Fish Soup, It Came from the Closet.
Non-Fiction November featuring books published by Saraband.
Emily Brontë Reappraised, Second Nature, Hold Fast, The Zen of Climbing, Watching Wildlife, While the Earth Holds its Breath.
We're in the midst of #NonFictionNovember, so what better time to share with you a selection (of some) of our new and bestselling non-fiction titles!
Visit our blog for recent posts by:
📚 @christinariley.bsky.social
📚 Caroline Young
📚 Linda Cracknell
📚 Catherine Simpson
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18.11.2025 15:03 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Publishers Attending: Comma Press, Stairwell Books, Saraband, Confingo, Carcanet, Written Off Publishing, Fly on the Wall Press, and Northodox Press
Manchester Winter Book Fair. 11am-3pm Saturday 22nd November. A wide selection of books and gifts from local book publishers. At House of Books & Friends. Ground Floor left, 81 King Street, Manchester, M2 4AH. Free Entry.
Join Northodox this Saturday at House of Book & Friends for our Winter Book Fair
@commapress.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @stairwellbooks.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester...
18.11.2025 11:16 — 👍 13 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
poster advertising the Scottish Christmas Book Fair with maroon and white copy decorated with christmas tree branches and books
It's #BookWeekScotland! We're really looking forward to seeing you at our Scottish Christmas Book Fair! The New Town Church in George Street, Edinburgh will be FULL of booky delights!
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social
18.11.2025 11:43 — 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
Bookseller, editor, blogger, reader, reviewer, writer, photographer, drinker, swashbuckler, cat tickler
https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/
https://linktr.ee/WoolamalooGazette
Undiscovered Scotland is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory which aims to show you what the country is really like.
Website: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/
Author, essayist, activist. The Gathering Tide, Abundance: Nature in Recovery. Academic, Senior Researcher and writer in residence with Lancaster University’s Future places Centre.
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
Data journalist at The Times
Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
Author, comic, broadcaster and tired person.
Usually UK based, but who knows... Member of the Leguminati, kayaker, friend of ravens.
Book peddler, book reviewer, book hoarder, academic and freelance writer.
Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
Reader | Non-Fiction Reviewer | Blogger | Book Collector | Dad | Development Engineer | Geek | Beer Lover | All views mine
http://halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/
Writer & Broadcaster – Edinburgh
📚 Holloway • The Beechwood Airship Interviews • Climbing Days • Outpost • Overnight / 📻 Only After Dark – BBC R4
Author illustration by @zoesees.bsky.social
👉 https://www.danrichards.uk/ 👈
Wading around at the confluence of arts / nature / culture since 2007
Regular posts at caughtbytheriver.net 🐟 Irregular printed matter, record releases & events via rivertones.bandcamp.com and our Friday newsletter
🌿 Books, art & traditional craft for nature lovers & outdoor wanderers
🌍 Certified B Corp
🏅 Independent Bookshop of the Year for SW England
🏆 Wainwright judges ‘23 & ‘24
📍 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury
A global, biennial £10k prize, originating in the Lake District for essay-length, non-fiction nature writing.
www.naturechroniclesprize.com
Author of Wild Air & Raptor.
Literary Agent: James Lockhart Agency: jameslockhartagency.com
Publisher of Caribbean and Black British books. Proudly decolonising bookshelves since 1985.
