I keep a running list of books for the end of year posts in which I choose the best ones of the twelvemonth, and invariably there are a lot of contenders, too many to include them all, so some very good ones won’t make the final cut. Since we are half …

David Briggs chats about assembling his debut collection The Method Men with Salt, and balancing the writing with the day job, at Furtive11, an occasional blog written by poet Meryl Pugh. The name of the blog derives from the twin facts that a) ‘I skul …

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Tamar Yoseloff has long been interested in urban landscapes, particularly ruined or decaying urban landscapes, and the first section of this new collection blends the often exhilarating feel of a modern city (not always the same one) with a consciousne …

Maggi Andersen’s The Reluctant Marquess has become one of Salt’s fastest selling books of all time. Released under our Embrace imprint, edited by writer Jane Holland, the steamy regency romance has sold over 1,000 in three months and shows no signs of …