Chris Parker
@chrisparkerwriter.bsky.social
Writer of TV and books for adults and children. Nameless Lake (Salt Books), The Yes Bunny (Magic Cat)
I never thought I would become a "lichen guy" but after two days on Devil's Dyke, here we are
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I never thought I would become a "lichen guy" but after two days on Devil's Dyke, here we are
Reposted by Chris Parker
The ARCs have arrived! 📚✨
Nicholas Royle’s Finders, Keepers is a brilliant, droll look at the "secret life" of second-hand books – from maps-as-bookmarks to charity shop treasures.
Out 14 April from @saltpublishing.com. A must-read for #Booksky!
#NicholasRoyle #Bibliophile #NewBooks
Nicholas Royle’s Finders, Keepers is a brilliant, droll look at the "secret life" of second-hand books – from maps-as-bookmarks to charity shop treasures.
Out 14 April from @saltpublishing.com. A must-read for #Booksky!
#NicholasRoyle #Bibliophile #NewBooks
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The ARCs have arrived! 📚✨
Nicholas Royle’s Finders, Keepers is a brilliant, droll look at the "secret life" of second-hand books – from maps-as-bookmarks to charity shop treasures.
Out 14 April from @saltpublishing.com. A must-read for #Booksky!
#NicholasRoyle #Bibliophile #NewBooks
Nicholas Royle’s Finders, Keepers is a brilliant, droll look at the "secret life" of second-hand books – from maps-as-bookmarks to charity shop treasures.
Out 14 April from @saltpublishing.com. A must-read for #Booksky!
#NicholasRoyle #Bibliophile #NewBooks
Massive thanks to writer and film-maker @andrewhook.bsky.social for including Nameless Lake in his top three reads of 2025! @saltpublishing.com Lots of great film and music recommendations here too Andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-best-and-worst-of-2025.html
January 31, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Massive thanks to writer and film-maker @andrewhook.bsky.social for including Nameless Lake in his top three reads of 2025! @saltpublishing.com Lots of great film and music recommendations here too Andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-best-and-worst-of-2025.html
Reposted by Chris Parker
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Reposted by Chris Parker
#Booksky i keep saying this but you need @epoquepress.bsky.social on your radar. Always interesting, high quality stuff.
Look at this beauty! Great work by Adam!
Delighted to reveal the cover design for Where The Shadows End, the debut novel by Louisa Bello
Proof copies coming soon!
#epoquepresstitles #books #bookcommunity
Delighted to reveal the cover design for Where The Shadows End, the debut novel by Louisa Bello
Proof copies coming soon!
#epoquepresstitles #books #bookcommunity
January 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
#Booksky i keep saying this but you need @epoquepress.bsky.social on your radar. Always interesting, high quality stuff.
Reposted by Chris Parker
We are happy to share that some of our titles are featured at this year’s Dublin Art Book Fair 📚
Currently running until 14 December at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, #DABF2025 features limited edition books made by artists, designers and independent publishers which can be browsed or bought.
Currently running until 14 December at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, #DABF2025 features limited edition books made by artists, designers and independent publishers which can be browsed or bought.
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We are happy to share that some of our titles are featured at this year’s Dublin Art Book Fair 📚
Currently running until 14 December at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, #DABF2025 features limited edition books made by artists, designers and independent publishers which can be browsed or bought.
Currently running until 14 December at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, #DABF2025 features limited edition books made by artists, designers and independent publishers which can be browsed or bought.
Highly recommend this brilliant, super-original and thought-provoking novel by @braislamela.bsky.social translated from Galician by Jacob Rogers @bullaunpress.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Highly recommend this brilliant, super-original and thought-provoking novel by @braislamela.bsky.social translated from Galician by Jacob Rogers @bullaunpress.bsky.social
Reposted by Chris Parker
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has shared our fundraiser – your cash will fund more authors & their work. A BIG part of what we do is helping writers in mid-career – so thanks on behalf of them. If you can share our link, please do! Every pound is invested in writers. #Booksky #IndiePublishing
Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery
New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026
gofund.me
October 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has shared our fundraiser – your cash will fund more authors & their work. A BIG part of what we do is helping writers in mid-career – so thanks on behalf of them. If you can share our link, please do! Every pound is invested in writers. #Booksky #IndiePublishing
I've had this only one day and I'm halfway through. But it's so brilliant, I want it to last. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social translated by Natasha Wimmer
October 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I've had this only one day and I'm halfway through. But it's so brilliant, I want it to last. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social translated by Natasha Wimmer
Exciting bookpost! Thanks @prototypepubs.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Exciting bookpost! Thanks @prototypepubs.bsky.social
Reposted by Chris Parker
ICYMI, our newsletter of opportunities for writers across Europe came out over the weekend, featuring:
@thewhitepube.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
@mslexia.bsky.social
@theberlinreview.bsky.social
@fahmidangroup.bsky.social
@icwa.org
@womensprize.bsky.social
@thewhitepube.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
@mslexia.bsky.social
@theberlinreview.bsky.social
@fahmidangroup.bsky.social
@icwa.org
@womensprize.bsky.social
Autumn weather is the perfect opportunity to cosy up in your home and write that novel you've been dreaming of all summer🍃
To help you get there, our Opportunities Newsletter just landed—chock-full of residencies, contests, grants & everything else you need to meet, learn and be inspired💫
To help you get there, our Opportunities Newsletter just landed—chock-full of residencies, contests, grants & everything else you need to meet, learn and be inspired💫
Autumn Opportunities for Writers in Europe
Festivals, retreats, contests, online and in-person—come get inspired!
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
ICYMI, our newsletter of opportunities for writers across Europe came out over the weekend, featuring:
@thewhitepube.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
@mslexia.bsky.social
@theberlinreview.bsky.social
@fahmidangroup.bsky.social
@icwa.org
@womensprize.bsky.social
@thewhitepube.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
@mslexia.bsky.social
@theberlinreview.bsky.social
@fahmidangroup.bsky.social
@icwa.org
@womensprize.bsky.social
Reposted by Chris Parker
Found a bonus Puffin Post in a pile of papers I was tidying away.
An almost wistful melancholy quality to this one, Jill McDonald having rendered every little detail beautifully as usual, that perfect skyline darkening under dusk, the aeroplane almost exiting the frame
An almost wistful melancholy quality to this one, Jill McDonald having rendered every little detail beautifully as usual, that perfect skyline darkening under dusk, the aeroplane almost exiting the frame
September 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Found a bonus Puffin Post in a pile of papers I was tidying away.
An almost wistful melancholy quality to this one, Jill McDonald having rendered every little detail beautifully as usual, that perfect skyline darkening under dusk, the aeroplane almost exiting the frame
An almost wistful melancholy quality to this one, Jill McDonald having rendered every little detail beautifully as usual, that perfect skyline darkening under dusk, the aeroplane almost exiting the frame
Reposted by Chris Parker
¡La semana que viene! What a line up at @mendezlibreria.bsky.social for Madrid's Feria del Libro! @carlosdelamor.bsky.social @daviduclescritor.bsky.social @rosamontero.es y mas #firmas #firmando #booksigning #bookfair
May 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
¡La semana que viene! What a line up at @mendezlibreria.bsky.social for Madrid's Feria del Libro! @carlosdelamor.bsky.social @daviduclescritor.bsky.social @rosamontero.es y mas #firmas #firmando #booksigning #bookfair
Can't wait for this, @giselleleeb.bsky.social !
States of Independence, wkend of 22 March 25, celebrating small publishers! I'm there with @chrisparkerwriter.bsky.social selling our @saltpublishing.com books & @meganjstaylor.bsky.social's new @bloodhoundbooks.bsky.social novel. I'm taking a workshop on the uncanny. Info: tinyurl.com/3vr4d7ua 😀
States of Independence 2025 – Leicester Centre for Creative Writing
States of Independence is an annual one-day festival that celebrates indie publishing. Now in its 15th year, States 24 will be hosted by the Leicester Centre for Creative Writing at DMU and our…
tinyurl.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Can't wait for this, @giselleleeb.bsky.social !
Reposted by Chris Parker
March's titles have been released early – discover Meike Ziervogel's new novel set in one of the world's oldest refugee camps in Lebanon, read Paul McVeigh's previously broadcast Belfast stories, I Hear You, and step fearfully into the new collection of weird tales from Will Wiles.
Beautiful Books You Won’t Forget | Salt Publishing
Welcome to Salt, one of the UK’s great independent publishing houses. Since our founding in 1999, we have published some of the world’s foremost writers.
www.saltpublishing.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
March's titles have been released early – discover Meike Ziervogel's new novel set in one of the world's oldest refugee camps in Lebanon, read Paul McVeigh's previously broadcast Belfast stories, I Hear You, and step fearfully into the new collection of weird tales from Will Wiles.
Reposted by Chris Parker
Please share
We`re opening submissions for our new anthology 17th February! Very happy to work with my magic co-editor @suefinch.bsky.social again.💚We will announce the theme a day before. Looking forward to reading your work. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Anthology Photo by Noah Usry, Unsplash
February 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Please share
Reposted by Chris Parker
Last full day of our AMAZING WINTER SALE! Discover ghost stories, horror, writers' guides, thrillers, sci-fi and fantasy, literary fiction, memoirs, political commentary, poetry and short stories – at prices starting from £1.99. 😮 #BookSky
Sale
Special prices on selected titles while stocks last. Grab your next great read today. From children’s books to memoirs, novels to poetry, short stories to writers’ guides – there are superb books on o...
www.saltpublishing.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Last full day of our AMAZING WINTER SALE! Discover ghost stories, horror, writers' guides, thrillers, sci-fi and fantasy, literary fiction, memoirs, political commentary, poetry and short stories – at prices starting from £1.99. 😮 #BookSky
I'm thrilled to see Sofi and Luka make the big hop into Spanish! Thanks so much to translator Maria Martin Schcolnik, Grupo SM in Madrid and @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social !
January 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I'm thrilled to see Sofi and Luka make the big hop into Spanish! Thanks so much to translator Maria Martin Schcolnik, Grupo SM in Madrid and @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social !
Super exciting book Post from @kerryhp.bsky.social and @saltpublishing.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Super exciting book Post from @kerryhp.bsky.social and @saltpublishing.com
Reposted by Chris Parker
Major news from Salt – Michael Arditti joins the list in a two book deal.
Two Michael Arditti titles for Salt
Arditti is 'delighted' to return to independent publishing, calling it 'the cornerstone of my career'
www.bookbrunch.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Major news from Salt – Michael Arditti joins the list in a two book deal.
Reposted by Chris Parker
Come and explore our new website – with features, books, guides to staff and services, plus advice, links, mailing lists and so much more. Our winter sale is on now and you can collect reward points on all purchases.
www.saltpublishing.com
Beautiful books you won’t forget
www.saltpublishing.com
Beautiful books you won’t forget
January 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Come and explore our new website – with features, books, guides to staff and services, plus advice, links, mailing lists and so much more. Our winter sale is on now and you can collect reward points on all purchases.
www.saltpublishing.com
Beautiful books you won’t forget
www.saltpublishing.com
Beautiful books you won’t forget
Exciting news! Massive congratulations to the brilliant Salt team!
New books, new directions, new engagement
www.thebookseller.com/news/salt-ex...
www.thebookseller.com/news/salt-ex...
Salt expands into genre and commercial fiction
Literary independent press Salt Publishing is expanding into genre and commercial fiction, along with four new debuts in the horror and historical fiction genres due next year.
www.thebookseller.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Exciting news! Massive congratulations to the brilliant Salt team!