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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 9h

[A whole new opera category emerges]

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 22h

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!
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#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

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 1d

Thanks for supporting Salt!

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Books R' Me @booksrme.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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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 · 1d

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 · 3d

A little trip to Blakeney.

Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 3d

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Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

Happy publication day to Sasha Butler! 🎉🥂😍🚀

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Rob T @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 8d

Cover reveal 👀!

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

#Booksky

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 8d

Cover reveal! 👀

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

#Booksky

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 8d

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 · 10d

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

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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 12d

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 · 12d

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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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 12d

RIP Tony Harrison

Tony Harrison obituary: acclaimed Yorkshire poet and playwright

Writer whose poem V upset Mary Whitehouse and who was determined to show that the arts are not the preserve of the middle and upper classes dies aged 88

www.thetimes.com

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 12d

Oh no!

Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 19d

A scintillating review of Samantha York’s debut, THE FORESHORE, in the Glasgow Herald:

‘skilfully weaves together themes of grief, compassion, temptation, loyalty, self-sacrifice and deeply-buried secrets without letting the suspense and escalating sense of dread slacken for a moment.’

Review: Samantha York's The Foreshore is a novel of deeply-buried secrets

An accomplished first novel from a Glasgow-based author, The Foreshore takes the idea of dropping a devout Christian into an isolated community…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 19d

A thoughtful review of Vesna Main's new novel, Waiting for a Party, in the current TLS.
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...

Unacknowledged longing

Vesna Main has cultivated a reputation for experimental fiction in a handful of books, including her novel Good Day? (2019), which was shortlisted for the

www.the-tls.com

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 19d

Only 255 days till summer!

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 19d

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 24d

Folks, we need your book lust now!

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 24d

It's SALE time at Salt – www.saltpublishing.com/collections/...

10% off selected items, PLUS FREE SHIPPING off ALL our books throughout September.

Every sale helps us develop the list and take the press forward. Do please buy #JustOneBook today. And share widely!

Salt Monthly Sale

Don’t miss out! Each month we spotlight a fresh selection of Salt titles at special prices – but only for a limited time. Explore new favourites and grab a bargain before they’re gone.

www.saltpublishing.com

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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 24d

My Hummingbird Father is one year old today! Published 15 Sept 2024. I’d like to thank everyone who made it happen, who supported my first novel & especially all the readers & reviewers. Massive thanks @chrisemery.me and Jen @saltpublishing.com and to my agent @joncurzon.bsky.social

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 24d

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