Pre-release Sales of Short Circuit — the indispensable guide to writing short stories

We’re offering pre-release sales of Short Circuit — a unique and indispensable guide to writing the short story. A 288 page textbook of 24 specially-commissioned essays from well-published short story writers, many of them prize winners in some of the toughest short story competitions in the English language. The writers are also experienced and successful [...]

Competition time! Win a copy of Manuel Muñoz’s “The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue”

We’ve five free copies of Manuel Muñoz’s “The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue” to give away.

Manuel Muñoz’s dazzling second collection finds the author returning, once again, to the small towns of California’s Central Valley. Set in a neighborhood with characters whose lives often intersect with each other, The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue offers [...]

“Becoming a mother brings a whole new world of fear into your life.”

“Becoming a mother brings a whole new world of fear into your life. Suddenly you see the danger in every situation, and fear and trepidation can be become your constant companions. In this novella, we meet a young mother who is married to a logical scientist. They attempt to control their children’s futures on a [...]

Salt Seven Day Savers #1

Expires 4th November 2009

Only eight weeks until those special winter holidays! To help even more with those tricky presents we’re offering some special seven day savers just for you. Each week, for one week only, we’ll create some exceptional deep discount offers. They’re all available exclusively in our UK shop so wherever you live, order [...]

Ride the Word XVIII: on the road to The Café Yumchaa

Ride the Word XVIII
on the road to
The Café Yumchaa

Free Admission
45 Berwick Street, Soho, London W.1

Wed 18th November 7.00 p.m.—9.15 p.m.

Cast:
All Salt lineup
Elizabeth Baines reading from her new novel: Too Many Magpies
Jane Holland
Vincent De Souza
Jay Merill

and guests:

Horizon Magazine introduced by:
editor, Jane Holland, plus readers George Ttoouli and Sophie Mayer

also
Floor spots: Jan Woolf, Alan Franks,
Marc [...]

Salt in Singapore

Jen’s just arrived in Singapore on her publishing tour. She’s there for a week before heading to Perth in Western Australia to plan the next stages of our Australian business.

A new national poetry review: potentially named Booksnatch

Salt is shortly to launch a new, free, online poetry review magazine called (potentially) Booksnatch. Its remit will initially be titles actively marketed and for sale in the UK and Ireland. [Think it should be named something else, comment with suggestions here.]

The aim is to provide a broader base for reviews of contemporary poetry and [...]

Elizabeth Baines - Northern Salt photos and a review by Adele Geras

Elizabeth Baines has posted photos on her blog of the Northern Salt Reading.

She’s also received a rather good review of Too Many Magpies in Adele Geras’ newsletter:

‘There’s a definite air of menace…It’s very clever indeed and finally, very moving too…I do recommend this as something to buy…It’s also light and small and would be a [...]

Olivia’s launch is a stellar affair — covered in London’s “Evening Standard”

Catherine Blyth, Olivia Cole and Lady Antonia Fraser attend the launch of Cole's poetry book at Sketch on October 19, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)

On to SKETCH for the launch of Eric Gregory awardwinning poet Olivia Cole’s debut poetry collection, Restricted View. Published by Salt the book’s cover boasts a [...]

Black History Month: a celebration of Salt authors

Black History Month is held each October in the UK. It’s aims are to: 

Promote knowledge of the  Black History , Cultural and Heritage
Disseminate information on positive Black contributions to British Society
Heighten the confidence and awareness of Black people to their cultural heritage.

At Salt, we celebrate the cultural heritage of black history all year round in [...]