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Dr Emma Kittle-Pey @ekpey.bsky.social · 3h

On my way home!

@saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social #booksky @ensfr.bsky.social

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Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social · 5h

We 🧡 the 2025 Bookshop Day tote bag - it’s so vibrant, and captures the joy that books bring

Designed by award-winning, author-Illustrator and motivational speaker @whackochacko.bsky.social it’s available now!

And don’t forget - DOUBLE REWARD POINTS all day for #BookshopDay

foxlanebooks.co.uk

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 5h

So you want to work in publishing?

A conversation with Chris Hamilton-Emery of Salt Publishing Publishing might seem like a closed world, but behind every book lies a web of people, skills and ideas. Here, Salt’s co-founder Chris Hamil...

www.saltpublishing.com

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 7h

Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 🥳

Best British Short Stories 2025, edited by Nicholas Royle, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells - The Manchester Review

A timely reminder of the ability of the contemporary short form to move, shock and surprise its reader in a myriad of ways. Best British Short Stories 2025 | edited by Nicholas Royle | Salt Publishing...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Nicholas Royle @nicholasroyle.bsky.social · 7h

Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 up at @manchesterreview.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13063

Best British Short Stories 2025, edited by Nicholas Royle, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells - The Manchester Review

A timely reminder of the ability of the contemporary short form to move, shock and surprise its reader in a myriad of ways. Best British Short Stories 2025 | edited by Nicholas Royle | Salt Publishing...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 13h

We’re investing in new books and writers – discovering talent, expanding our list, and growing Salt for the future. Every share helps us bring more voices to readers. Support indie publishing and help Salt grow.

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

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Bernie Hughes @agentmancuso.bsky.social · 1d

Things newly read:

'Burnt Island' by Alice Thompson.

#Books
#BookSky
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@saltpublishing.com

Book cover of 'Burnt Island' by Alice Thompson.

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 1d

So you want to work in publishing?

A conversation with Chris Hamilton-Emery of Salt Publishing Publishing might seem like a closed world, but behind every book lies a web of people, skills and ideas. Here, Salt’s co-founder Chris Hamil...

www.saltpublishing.com

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 2d

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

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 2d

[A whole new opera category emerges]

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 3d

Thank you so much for ALL your support 🦋
We are fundraising to invest in new books and new writing. Every penny we raise will be spent on our authors. Do please make a donation and share our fundraiser widely!
#Fundraiser
#SupportIndie
#IndiePress
#IndiePublishing
#KeepBooksAlive
#BookSky

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

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 3d

Thanks for supporting Salt!

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Books R' Me @booksrme.bsky.social · 3d

Donations are like seeds that help the garden of stories grow. Every contribution nurtures creativity and hope. Let’s keep supporting our literary dreams! 🌱✨ #booksky #books

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 3d

Massive thanks to all who have donated. Catch up with our progress! www.gofundme.com/f/keep-indep... 📚🚀

#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
#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

www.gofundme.com

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 4d

Help Salt take its publishing to the next level!

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

Help Salt Publish Brilliant New Books in 2026 For twenty-… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 5d

A little trip to Blakeney.

Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 5d

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Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social · 5d

New from @saltpublishing.com

'The Marriage Contract' by Sasha Butler

Summer in Worcestershire, 1577. Eliza Litton, a talented artist, is in love with childhood friend, Francis. But her tyrannical father has other ideas...

📖 sample to peek inside and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...

Sample of "The Marriage Contract" by Sasha Butler

Peek inside this book and discover another great read.

www.jellybooks.com

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 5d

Happy publication day to Sasha Butler! 🎉🥂😍🚀

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Rob T @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 6d

Just started The Anechoic Chamber and Other Weird Tales (2025) by @willwiles.bsky.social published by @saltpublishing.com and based on a @raynewman.bsky.social endorsement

Three stories in and it’s really great. Stylistically diverse and highly addictive without resorting to pastiche 🤌👌👍

#booksky

Will Wiles - The Anechoic Chamber paperback cover

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 10d

Cover reveal 👀!

The debut novel from Kate Nicholls, ‘The Maternal Element’, forthcoming June 2026.

#Booksky

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 10d

Cover reveal! 👀

The new novel by Erica Wagner, Wash, forthcoming May 2026.

#Booksky

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 10d

Coming next week, a newly rebranded issue of Carys Davies' astonishing debut collection of short stories, Some New Ambush.

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 12d

Eight mile walk from Walsham to Swanton Abbott, taking in St Michael en route.

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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 14d

Some wonderful books being sold by wonderful people: if you're in (Manchester) town, go chat to them! Lots of other Northern publishers in attendance. It's not all London, y'know...
@northernfiction.bsky.social
(Includes my #sci-fi #shortstory collection! Some of them may be signed!)

Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 14d

All set up and ready to go at the Northern Publishers' Fair in Manchester Central Library!

Come and say hello and grab a copy of The Mare for the last time!

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