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Closes at midnight tonight!

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naturechronicles.bsky.social The Nature Chronicles Prize @naturechronicles.bsky.social · 17d
There's still time to enter this year's Prize!

The deadline for entries is at midnight on Saturday 31 January

Good luck with your submission 🍃

#NatureChroniclesPrize #NatureWriting #NaturePrize #Booksky
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Entries to The Nature Chronicles Prize 2025/26 close at midnight on Saturday 31st January 2026. Entry specifications for The Nature Chronicles Prize. Entry specifications for The Nature Chronicles Prize continued.
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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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

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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
January 23, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Thank you @dougjohnstone.bsky.social for your lovely review of Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley ✨

'sumptuous and beautiful nature writing'

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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.
www.bigissue.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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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
The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 23-25 January 2026.
January 20, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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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
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Emily Brontë Reappraised: Expanded and updated edition by Claire O’Callaghan, publishing in 2026 from Saraband.
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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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...
‘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
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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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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Guess the 15 Saraband book covers correctly and be in with a chance of winning one of the featured books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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"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

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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.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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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

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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.
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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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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naturechronicles.bsky.social The Nature Chronicles Prize @naturechronicles.bsky.social · Sep 26
Have you submitted your entry yet? 🍃

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

Find out more: naturechroniclesprize.com

#naturewriting
September 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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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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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.
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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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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In the Moment series, published by Saraband.
September 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Sue Lawrence reading from Whispers in the Glen at the Edinburgh Book Festival #edbookfest #scottishfiction
August 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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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
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
August 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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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
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.
August 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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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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The Nature Chronicles Prize 2025/26.
July 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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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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July 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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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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thebookseller.com The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Jul 21
Saraband is set to publish Christina Riley’s collection of "joyous and sparkling" essays with the "wonder of marine life" at their heart. The book will publish on 6th November 2025 👇
Saraband to publish Christina Riley's collection of 'joyous and sparkling' essays
Saraband is set to publish Christina Riley’s collection of 'joyous and sparkling' essays with the 'wonder of marine life' at their heart.
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July 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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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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thebookseller.com The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Jul 11
The co-founders and publishers of 404 Ink, the reigning British Book Awards’ Small Press of the Year winner for Scotland, have exclusively revealed to us their decision to close the business as it reaches its 10th anniversary in July 2026 👇 #BookSky
404 Ink: closure announced ahead of 10th anniversary
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July 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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A big thanks to @beckreads.bsky.social for all her brilliant work for the network over the last 2 years. ❤️
June 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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#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.
photo of section of book preview featuring the books named under 'nature writing and the outdoors'.
June 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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!

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Tag your favourite bookshops below!

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Independent Bookshop Week, taking place from the 14th-21st June.
June 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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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.
June 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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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!
May 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM