Announcement news! This Did Hurt 'pulls back the curtain on the gaps in women’s healthcare and asks urgent questions about why those gaps continue to widen' www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

Our July newsletter is now published! 📩 This month we’ve got a bumper list of events, as well as new and forthcoming titles. You can read (and subscribe) for free here: sarabandbooks.substack.com?utm_campaign... #BookSky #Newsletter 📚💙

We're delighted to announce that we're publishing the second novel by Andrés N. Ordorica, What the Light Would Say, in May 2027 ✨ #Booksky 📚💙 www.thebookseller.com/rights/sarab...

A huge congratulations to all the @womensprize.bsky.social shortlisted authors and to this year's winner Virginia Evans 🎉 A special thanks to everyone for your messages of support for Rozie and lovely comments about Kingfisher! #Booksky 📚💙

We’re looking forward to celebrating Independent Bookshop Week, taking place from the 13-20 June This year we’re delighted to be twinning with Wild Fungarium! To celebrate throughout the week, three Saraband authors will be speaking at Wild Fungarium events. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Happy World Ocean Day 🌊 Which unites and rallies the world to protect and restore our blue planet! Scroll for a selection of our sea related books and visit our website to discover more The theme for 2026 is Action. Visit the World Ocean Day website for information on how you can get involved

West Yorkshire Writes: Rozie Kelly on Her Women’s Prize-Shortlisted Debut Kingfisher #Booksky 📚💙 www.thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/wes...

Happy publication day to @drclaireocall.bsky.social and Emily Brontë Reappraised 🎉 This expanded and updated edition includes fresh analysis and popular depictions and adaptations, including the 2026 film "Wuthering Heights" saraband.net/sb-title/emi... #BookSky #EmilyBrontë 📚💙

'One of the things connecting Northern and working-class writers is the land.' @drclaireocall.bsky.social is on Northern Voices this week talking all things Emily Brontë, including why the Wuthering Heights film made her laugh. @saraband-books.bsky.social on.soundcloud.com/f8x1InmCfAfx...

Airing my view in the @scottishfield.bsky.social ... www.scottishfield.co.uk/books/the-go...

Our June newsletter is now published! 📩 With author events, prize updates, new releases and an exciting twinning announcement for Independent Bookshop Week! Read and subscribe (for free!) here: substack.com/home/post/p-... #BookSky 📚💙

And Séverine Cochard reviews Susie White’s The Gardener and the Moth, a guide to helping the moths and butterflies on your doorstep from @saraband-books.bsky.social

Coming soon... Sandwiched: Caring Up and Caring Down by @writercatherine.bsky.social Sandwiched is a candid memoir about being trapped in a high-pressure, intergenerational squeeze. Publishing in September and available to pre-order now! saraband.net/sb-title/san... #Booksky 📚💙

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on Thursday evening for the official launch of North House Press 🎉 A special thank you to Dornoch Bookshop for their warm hospitality, and to David from Carnegie Whisky Cellars for keeping everyone’s glasses topped up throughout the evening! #BookSky 📚💙

We're delighted to share the cover for The Fool's Leap: Tarot as Creative Companion by Vik Bennett ✨ Blending personal insight with accessible exercises, this book introduces a practice that integrates tailored spreads, creative prompts, and intuitive interpretation. saraband.net/sb-title/the...

Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly is @theguardian.com's Audiobook of the Week! 'This heartfelt story of attraction and friendship, shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, is sensitively read by Dan Bottomley' www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... #BookSky 📚💙

The Inklings Book Club is spotlighting each of the @womensprize.bsky.social for fiction shortlisted authors Listen to Rozie Kelly's episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/0DZR... #BookSky 📚💙

Why the 'magical' fiction of Highland author Neil Gunn is ripe for reappraisal by our co-founder Kirsty Gunn, in The @scotsman.com www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Scotland's top nature writer Jim Crumley on his wild encounters 🦡🦉🐇🦢 Thank you @susanswarbrick.bsky.social and @heraldscotland.bsky.social #BookSky #Nature #Wildlife 📚💙 www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

To mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re running a special offer on our In the Moment series. Buy any three books from the series for £20. saraband.net/product/in-t... This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week theme is Action. #BookSky #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 📚💙

A reminder that @pollyrowena.bsky.social will be at @portybooks.bsky.social on the 12 May at 7:00pm to launch Swimming the Seasons 🏊 🎟️ www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/polly... We hope to see you there! #BookSky @portyliterary.bsky.social 📚💙

Happy publication day @pollyrowena.bsky.social and Swimming the Seasons 🏊‍♂️ Follow poet and nature writer Polly Atkin as she swims through the turning year in the rivers, lakes and tarns of the English Lake District, in this lyrical ode to the uplifting power of water 🏊‍♂️ saraband.net/sb-title/swi...

Join Rozie Kelly and fellow shortlisted authors for 'a night with the @womensprize.bsky.social'! 🗓️ Thursday, 7 May 2026 ⏰ 18:30 - 19:30 📍 22 Berners Street, London Further info and ticket details below: observer.co.uk/our-events/a... #BookSky #WomensPrize 📚💙

Happy National Gardening Week, which is taking place until the 3 May 🌱 The theme for 2026 is Get Curious! www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved... Visit our website to read more about the books below: saraband.net/book-categor... #NationalGardeningWeek #Gardening #Gardeners #Pollinators #BookSky 📚💙

We're very excited to share a first look at the brand new edition of The Serpent by Neil M. Gunn 🎉 “The lyrical quality of the writing… makes every page of The Serpent sing like a linnet.” From the introduction by Alan Taylor Publishing on 21st May and available to pre-order now! #BookSky 📚💙

Happy National Gardening Week, which is taking place until the 3 May 🌱 The theme for 2026 is Get Curious! www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved... Visit our website to read more about the books below: saraband.net/book-categor... #NationalGardeningWeek #Gardening #Gardeners #Pollinators #BookSky 📚💙

We had a wonderful time at The Ceilidh Place Bookshop on Thursday evening! Scroll through to see photos of the new editions of Neil Gunn's books and the event. Please do check our website for forthcoming events - there's lots to look forward to! www.northhousepress.co.uk/news-and-eve...

Meet the shortlisted writers for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction via the @literaryhub.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙 lithub.com/meet-the-sho...

Brilliant to see three other independent publishers on the shortlist! #BookSky 📚💙 www.thebookseller.com/news/womens-...

We are so happy to share that Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly has been shortlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Congratulations to Rozie and all the authors on this year's shortlist! Visit the @womensprize.bsky.social website to read more about the shortlisted books 📚 #WomensPrizeForFiction

Congratulations to all of the shortlisted independent publishers in this year's Women's Prize for Fiction! 🙌@cassavarepublic.bsky.social, @europaeditionsuk.bsky.social, @saraband-books.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk www.thebookseller.com/news/womens-...

Happy Earth Day 🌍 The theme for Earth Day 2026 is Our Power, Our Planet. Scroll to browse a selection of our nature titles 💚 🍃 saraband.net/book-categor... #EarthDay #OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthDay2026

24 hours to go... See you here at 2pm tomorrow? #WomensPrize #WomensPrizeforFiction

Tracing Footsteps: Walking as a Way of Writing, Remembering, and Returning to Ourselves Hosted by Victoria Bennett, in conversation with guest authors Kerri Andrews, Debbie North, Linda Cracknell, and Ursula Martin. Online event, Thursday 30 April at 7pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...

Today marks Charlotte Brontë's birthday 📚💚 Discover more about Charlotte in Charlotte Brontë Revisited by @sophiefranklin.bsky.social It’s a celebration of all things Charlotte, and emphatically shows why she’s as relevant today as she ever was. saraband.net/sb-title/cha... #Booksky 📚💙

Come to the launch party for our new list organised in conjunction with our friends at the Dornoch Bookshop and Carnegie Whisky Cellars. ​Pipe music, readings, whisky, conversation and more! 📅 Thursday 21 May, 5.30pm-7pm 📍 Dornoch Bookstore, High St, Dornoch IV25 3SH #Booksky 📚💙

3 week countdown to the publication of my little book about swimming all year round in the Lake District, #SwimmingTheSeasons from @saraband-books.bsky.social. In the May issue of Cumbria Life - out now! - you can read an intro and extract, and see some of my favourite May lake photos. #BookSky

How to Get Published: An Evening of Creative Writing, Publishing and Discussion with Kirsty Gunn and David Graham 📅 Thursday 23 April, 5pm-7pm 📍 The Ceilidh Place Bookshop, Ullapool 📧 stay@theceilidhplace This is a free event but please email to book a seat as places are limited! #Booksky 📚💙

Happy Dark Sky Week 💫 International Dark Sky Week is a global celebration of the night and is taking place this year from the 13-20 April. The 2026 theme is Go Dark. Visit @darkskyintl.bsky.social to discover more and how you can get involved! #DarkSkyWeek #DarkSkies

Happy publication day to Susie White and Nature's Almanac 🍃 This beautifully compact book invites you to pause and notice one remarkable phenomenon of the natural world each day. Scroll for today's entry 🌼 🍃 saraband.net/sb-title/nat... #Booksky #NatureWriting #Wildlife #Nature 📚💙

The latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast talks to Donald S. Murray about his new novel The Loch of the Bees, out now from @saraband-books.bsky.social. Donald discusses his inspirations, as well as history, Gaelic culture & language – & the attempts to suppress them 💙📚 www.scotswhayhae.com/post/the-sti...

Mark your diaries! 📚🏊‍♀️

We're delighted to reveal the cover for A Year in Water by Beth McDonough. Stunningly illustrated throughout, A Year in Water combines quietly humorous and observant prose, inspirational advice, lucid poetry, and waterside recipes. Discover more here: 🏊 www.northhousepress.co.uk/books #BookSky

Happy publication day to @karenllo.bsky.social and Earthworks 🎉 In an era marked by escalating environmental crisis, this luminous collection is a rallying call – a celebration of renewal and resilience – for all who care about Earth’s future. #BookSky #Nature 📚💙 saraband.net/sb-title/ear...

Our latest newsletter is now available! Subscribe for: 📚 A free monthly newsletter 📚 New book releases 📚 Extracts and author blog posts 📚 Discounts 📚 Event news 📚 Competitions, and much more! #BookSky #Newsletter 📚💙 sarabandbooks.substack.com/p/april-at-s...

Have you read the Women's Prize longlisted Kingfisher yet? Let these lovely quotes encourage you to pick up a copy! Head over to our blog to read more about Kingfisher and a guest post by author Rozie Kelly. www.tiktok.com/@sarabandboo... #Booksky #WomensPrize 📚💙

Something for the weekend? Head over to BfS to read a review of Donald S. Murray's new novel, The Loch of the Bees, published by @saraband-books.bsky.social: booksfromscotland.com/2026/03/davi...

"a beautiful and bittersweet portrait of an extraordinary place." Thank you Antonia Senior for a lovely review of Donald S Murray's THE LOCH OF THE BEES #BookSky 📚💙 www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

The Loch of the Bees by Donald S. Murray: "A richly rewarding novel" Thank you Alastair Mabbott and @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... #BookSky 📚💙