To be in with a chance of winning a copy of the @womensprize.bsky.social longlisted Kingfisher, share this post and tag a friend you think would like to read it 💛 *UK only. Closes midnight Sunday 29 March 2026. The winner will be notified on Monday 30 March. #Booksky 📚💙

Happy #InternationalWomensDay We’re taking today to celebrate all the women that we’ve published over the last 32 years, and the women who have helped shape Saraband’s past, present and future. Discover and read more about new, forthcoming and backlist books on our website! 📚 saraband.net/books

Team Saraband are very excited by this news! 🎉 #Booksky 📚💙

Aspiring writers! The folk at Wollaton Hall (aka Batman’s house) are running an event for young people hoping for a career in writing I’ll be there to talk history & non-fiction, alongside brilliant children's authors, poets, & novelists 🗓️ 10 March, 4–7pm wollatonhall.org.uk/writing-for-...

Exciting news for team @saraband-books.bsky.social 📚

The @waterstones.bsky.social 25% off pre-order promotion is now live! 📚 Runs until 23.59 Friday 20 February 📚 Enter FEB26 at the checkout to receive 25% off the RRP 📚 Exclusively available on the Waterstones website and the Waterstones app 📚 www.waterstones.com/campaign/february-pre-order-offer

Closes at midnight tonight! #Booksky 📚💙

There's only one week left to submit to this year's Prize! Entries close on 31st January 🍃 Visit our website for more information and scroll through our previous posts for writing tips and prompts - good luck! www.naturechroniclesprize.com #TheNatureChroniclesPrize #NatureWriting #Booksky 📚💙

Thank you @dougjohnstone.bsky.social for your lovely review of Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley ✨ 'sumptuous and beautiful nature writing' www.bigissue.com/culture/book... #Booksky 📚💙 @bigissue.com

The Big Garden Birdwatch is back! 🐦 The Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people take part, helping to record how garden birds are faring. Visit @rspb.bsky.social to find out more! #BigGardenBirdwatch #RSPB

Today we are celebrating all things Emily Brontë 🤎 And we are delighted to reveal the cover for the expanded and updated edition of Emily Brontë Reappraised by @drclaireocall.bsky.social, publishing in 2026! Discover more here: saraband.net/sb-title/emi... #Booksky #emilybronte 📚💙

We're delighted to see Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly included in @theguardian.com's 30 authors on the books they give to everyone! Thank you Derek Owusu for choosing it 📚 #Booksky 📚💙 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

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 #Booksky 📚💙

"Underwater artist captures beautiful and rare marine life of Argyll coast" 🪸 Thank you Sally McDonald and the @sundaypost.com for this lovely feature with @christinariley.bsky.social www.sundaypost.com/fp/christina... #Booksky 📚💙

The @waterstones.bsky.social 25% off pre-order promotion is now live! 📚 The offer will run until 23.59 on Friday 17 October 📚 Enter OCTOBER25 at the checkout to receive 25% off the RRP 📚 Exclusively available on the Waterstones website and the Waterstones app www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...

There's plenty of time submit to this year's Nature Chronicles Prize 🍃 Find out more in the post below In need of some inspiration? Read more about the 2024 winning entries here: saraband.net/sb-title/the... #NatureWriting #Booksky 📚💙

We're excited that @christinariley.bsky.social will be launching Looking Down at the Stars at the lovely @portybooks.bsky.social, in conversation with @rkrystalli.bsky.social ✨ 🗓️ Thursday 13th November, 7pm 🎟️ Tickets available here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/chris... #Booksky 📚💙

Have you discovered our In the Moment series yet? Books exploring mindfulness and being fully present in our activities and environment 🌿 There are two new books publishing in 2026: 💎 In Search of Gems 🌲 Nature's Almanac Read more on our website: saraband.net/in-the-moment #Booksky 📚💙

Sue Lawrence reading from Whispers in the Glen at the Edinburgh Book Festival #edbookfest #scottishfiction

And the judges for 2025/26 are 🥁 🍃 Linda Cracknell, nature & place writer 🍃 Kevin Duffy, co-founder @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 🍃 @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, award winning earth scientist 🍃 @sourbee-matt.bsky.social, writer & environmental activist 🍃 Patrick Walsh, founder & agent at PEW Literary

We're delighted to announce that entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize open today! The winner will receive £10,000 and five runners up £1,000 each. The winning and shortlisted entries will be included in The Nature Chronicles Prize: 3 anthology, published by @saraband-books.bsky.social

We're excited to announce that entries for the 2025/26 #NatureChroniclesPrize will open a week today! More information to follow or keep up-to-date via our website: www.naturechroniclesprize.com #Booksky #Nature #NatureWriting 📚💙

We're delighted to reveal the cover and announce the publication of Looking Down at the Stars: Life Beneath the Waves by @christinariley.bsky.social More book and pre-order details here: saraband.net/2025/07/22/s... #Booksky 📚💙

Excited to be working on this beautiful book 🌊 Looking Down at the Stars: Life Beneath the Waves by Christina Riley is publishing in November from @saraband-books.bsky.social #Booksky 📚💙

Following the announcement of 404 Ink's closure, we're delighted to announce that we'll be taking forward a significant portion of the Inklings series! Read more here: saraband.net/news-events #Booksky 📚💙

A big thanks to @beckreads.bsky.social for all her brilliant work for the network over the last 2 years. ❤️

#SwimmingTheSeasons: A Freshwater Almanac, out April 26 in the @saraband-books.bsky.social 'In The Moment' series, and the magnificent #BookOfBogs, ed. @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers, out from @littletollerbooks.bsky.social in September, in which I cowrite with Sally Huband.

Happy #IndieBookshopWeek 🎉 Here at Saraband we LOVE independent bookshops and have listed a few of our favourites in our newsletter for you to check out! 💌 sarabandbooks.substack.com/p/june-at-sa... Tag your favourite bookshops below! #Booksky 📚💙 #ChooseBookshops @booksaremybag.bsky.social

Happy #IndieBookshopWeek! We’re celebrating by having a great bunch of special offers throughout the week to say thank you to our wonderful book-loving community! Today’s Offer: BUY ONE GET ONE HALF PRICE ON ALL BOOKS!* *T&Cs apply. Instore only.

Free event this weekend! Don’t miss the Children’s Books North Network Takeover at @grimmandco.bsky.social this Saturday, part of the exciting #FestivalofStories! A full day of free workshops and talks awaits young readers of all ages 📚 🎟️ Secure your free tickets now via the link in bio!

Hi all! Announcing the next guest for World Book Club - Graeme Macrae Burnet. The book? 'His Bloody Project' a gripping exploration of murder in a 19th Century Scottish crofting community. We're recording on the 6th June, so questions in the 1st to be featured :) [email protected] #booksky

The #Brontës: Sisters of Disruption documentary featuring Saraband author @drclaireocall.bsky.social airs tonight! If you'd like to read more about Emily Brontë, Claire's book Emily Brontë Reappraised is out now! saraband.net/sb-title/emi... #Booksky 📚💙

We're delighted to share the cover for Sea Marked by Linda Cracknell, publishing in September Cracknell charts a family and community history of sea-faring, illuminating the lives of her ancestors that are inextricably linked to and defined by the sea saraband.net/sb-title/sea... #Booksky 📚💙

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MAY EVENTS! 6/5: MOTIVES UNKNOWN: NEW NORTHERN CRIME 8/5: FANTASY BOOK PANEL 12/5: TRAUMALAND - Josh Silver 20/5: THE DROWNINGS and KINGFISHER - Hazel Barkworth and Rozie Kelly with Lara Williams 21/5: MURDER SQUARD 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 28/5: CLOUDLESS - Rupert Dastur #BookSky 📚💜 🎫👇🏻

"Kelly may be writing in the same lane as the likes of Rooney and Levy, but she is a confident voice in her own right ... Kingfisher, a story that stings with realism." Read the brilliant review in nb. magazine here: www.nbmagazine.co.uk/editorialarc... #Booksky 📚💙

We're delighted to be welcoming @hazelbarkworth.bsky.social and Rozie Kelly to Stockport on Tuesday 20th May to dicuss their brilliant new novels THE DROWNINGS and KINGFISHER. Hazel and Rozie will be in conversation with Lara Williams. @headlinebooks.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social 🎫👇🏻

One week left to apply for the @cbnnetwork.bsky.social 2025 mentor scheme! Application info here: www.childrensbooksnorth.co.uk/blog/childre... #Booksky 📚💙 @thebookseller.com @publishingscotland.bsky.social @northernfiction.bsky.social @lizscottpr.bsky.social @ashleythorpe.bsky.social

Another brilliant review for #Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly! #Booksky 📚💙

Have you ever dreamed of working in children’s publishing? If so, you should apply for the Children’s Books North Network Mentor Scheme! 17 aspiring publishers will get the chance to be mentored by an industry professional.

Thank you Marie Claire for including #Kingfisher in your Spring Reading List and as an Editor's Pick! "a tenderly written meditation on art, love and life that’s as much about the search for self as for connection." #Booksky 📚💙 www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainmen...

Such a lovely evening to celebrate the launch of Rozie Kelly's #Kingfisher Thanks to @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social for hosting and @adamjfarrer.bsky.social for chairing #Booksky 📚💙 @saraband-books.bsky.social

📚✨Don't miss out the stunning Wordsworth Collector’s Editions! Perfect for both adults and kids, these compact hardbacks are cloth-bound with gorgeous embossed covers🤩 Enjoy 15% OFF your favourites! Just use the promo code WCLASSIC15 at checkout. Grab yours before they’re gone! 🎉 Links in comments👇🏻

We’ve been busy preparing for our warehouse move, so what better time to turn a Spring clean into a Spring sale? We have a selection of hardbacks and paperbacks with up to 50% off, available for a limited time! Take a look while stocks last: saraband.net/2025/03/03/s... #Booksky 📚💙

Congratulations to all the winners, but a special mention to our Northern friends @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @deadinkbooks.bsky.social 🎉

Reviews are coming in for the brilliant #Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly "An unmissable debut" "Sublime" "Captivates from the very first page" Pre-order your copy now, available from our @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social shelf uk.bookshop.org/p/books/king...

THURSDAY 3RD APRIL: We will be launching Rozie Kelly's outstanding debut novel Kingfisher, where she will be in conversation with @adamjfarrer.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kingfisher...

It's London Book Fair Week and our stand is ready! Come and see us if you're going! #LBF25