Saraband is an award-winning independent publisher of outstanding fiction, absorbing nature and place writing, important environmental debate and compelling life writing. We publish authors with deep knowledge of the culture, landscapes, wildlife, folk traditions and history in regions around the UK. Our fiction includes literary, historical and contemporary stories reflecting UK and international perspectives. From our inception, we have provided a platform for underrepresented and marginalised voices that are often overlooked.
Our authors include Graeme Macrae Burnet, Jim Crumley, Roy Dennis, Karen Lloyd, J.A. Mensah, Ewan Morrison, Stephen Moss, Donald S Murray, Chitra Ramaswamy, Amanda Thomson and Olga Wojtas. Collectively, these and others have won and been shortlisted for many prestigious literary prizes on local, national and international levels.
Established: 1994
Publications (yearly average): 15
Types of books published: Literary fiction and narrative non-fiction
Submission details: Accept unsolicited non-fiction submissions, but not fiction. Submissions by email only.
Saraband highlights
Fiona Hyslop and Sara Hunt
Sara Hunt of Saraband (right) receives the Saltire Society Publisher of the Year Award 2013 from culture minister Fiona Hyslop. Picture credit: Graham Clark and the Saltire Society.
His Bloody Project
Expecting
The Nature of Winter
Cross Purpose
The Jewel
The Accident on the A35
The Four Marys
A Handbook of Scotland's Coasts
Contacts
People: Sara Hunt (Managing Director) and Rosie Hilton
Sales representation: PGUK
