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Win a copy of Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly. Published by Saraband and longlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction.

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.

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Saraband's women authors for International Women's Day 2026.

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! 🎉

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Writing for Life 2026 - Wollaton Hall Tuesday 10th March 2026

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 📚

Waterstones 25% off pre-order promotion runs until 23.59 on Friday 20th February 2026. Enter FEB26 at the checkout to receive 25% off the RRP. Saraband titles include Earthworks by Karen Lloyd, Swimming the Seasons by Polly Atkin and Hare, Barn Owl, Swan and Badger by Jim Crumley.

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!

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Entries to The Nature Chronicles Prize close in one week.

The Nature Chronicles Prize entry criteria. https://naturechroniclesprize.com

The Nature Chronicles Prize entry criteria. https://naturechroniclesprize.com

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
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Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous nature writing Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley mixes personal experience with nature writing, drawing on themes of conservation and climate.

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...

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The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 23-25 January 2026.

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

Emily Brontë Reappraised: Expanded and updated edition by Claire O’Callaghan, publishing in 2026 from Saraband.

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...

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‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone Colm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect gift

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 📚

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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.

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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Underwater artist Christina Riley captures marine life of Argyll coast Christina Riley snorkels in shallow waters, her eyes trained on pink and yellow tinged coral reefs and an ocean floor carpeted with starfish.

"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...

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Waterstones 25% off pre-order promotion runs 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. Saraband books included in the offer are Symphonic by Jim Crumley, The Loch of the Bees by Donald S Murray, In Search of Gems by Kenneth Steven and Nature's Almanac by Susie White.

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...

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Christina Riley in conversation with Roxani Krystalli, The Portobello Bookshop on the 13th November 2025, 7:00pm.

A signed and dedicated copy of Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley, published by Saraband and available to pre-order at The Portobello Bookshop.

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...

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In the Moment series, published by Saraband.

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

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

Meet the Nature Chronicles Prize Judges 2025/26.

Linda Cracknell, nature and place writer Kevin Duffy, co-founder of Bluemoose Books Anjana Khatwa, award winning Earth Scientist, writer and presenter Matt Sowerby, writer and environmental activist, and the 2024 Nature Chronicles Prize winner Patrick Walsh, founder and agent at PEW Literary

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

Entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize are now open, as of 1st August 2025.

Key dates to enter the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.

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

The Nature Chronicles Prize 2025/26.

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

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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...

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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

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Happy birthday 🥳

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

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

photo of section of book preview featuring the books named under 'nature writing and the outdoors'.

#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.