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Fresh off the press – the stories everyone’s talking about this month.

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  • Wash by Erica Wagner
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Erica Wagner

Wash

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The 2026 collection: new literary fiction, memoir and poetry

Louis de Bernières, Michael Arditti, Tibor Fischer, Michelle Lovric – twenty-seven titles spanning historical fiction, memoir, crime, and darkly comic writing.

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Katharine Grant

Clinging to the Crags

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Spare, precise, unforgettable: the complete short fiction of Carys Davies

  • The Maternal Element by Kate Nicholls
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Kate Nicholls

The Maternal Element

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Nicholas Royle: the bibliophile’s trilogy

Three books, one obsession: the strange, secret lives of books themselves.

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  • There's No ‘F’ In Wonderful by Bill Broady
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Bill Broady

There’s No ‘F’ In Wonderful

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  • Introducing Salt Rewards – our loyalty scheme has had a makeover

    Introducing Salt Rewards – our loyalty scheme h...

    Good news for anyone who loves Salt books (which, let's face it, is everyone reading this): Salt Rewards has relaunched, and it's better than ever!

    Introducing Salt Rewards – our loyalty scheme h...

    Good news for anyone who loves Salt books (which, let's face it, is everyone reading this): Salt Rewards has relaunched, and it's better than ever!

  • The Space Between Language and Gut

    The Space Between Language and Gut

    Writing about Maria Mendeleeva has been humbling and enriching. I will be forever grateful to the chemist on the other side of the world who cared enough to write an...

    The Space Between Language and Gut

    Writing about Maria Mendeleeva has been humbling and enriching. I will be forever grateful to the chemist on the other side of the world who cared enough to write an...

  • The Wythenshawe Dandy named The Critic’s debut novel of the month

    The Wythenshawe Dandy named The Critic’s debut ...

    As S. J. Galbraith’s debut Northern noir earns top honours from The Critic for August, Salt prepares for a milestone Manchester evening at Blackwell’s following a sold-out Sheffield launch.

    The Wythenshawe Dandy named The Critic’s debut ...

    As S. J. Galbraith’s debut Northern noir earns top honours from The Critic for August, Salt prepares for a milestone Manchester evening at Blackwell’s following a sold-out Sheffield launch.

  • Books are like water

    Books are like water

    by Nicholas Royle Publisher Berk Çetin of Thousand Horsemen Press sent me a copy of his new edition of Carlos María Domínguez’s short Spanish-language novel – or novella? – The Paper...

    Books are like water

    by Nicholas Royle Publisher Berk Çetin of Thousand Horsemen Press sent me a copy of his new edition of Carlos María Domínguez’s short Spanish-language novel – or novella? – The Paper...

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Xan Brooks: dark fables of the Jazz Age

Two 1920s novels from the Costa-shortlisted Xan Brooks: a debut that sends an orphan girl into the woods to meet four disfigured veterans, and an Ondaatje Prize-shortlisted follow-up that travels the flooded Mississippi Delta in search of a song. Dark fables about damage, exploitation and the stories people tell to survive.

The Salt Sale

40% off selected backlist titles, while stocks last – applied automatically at checkout.

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Coming in 2027

A. N. Wilson, Tim Pears, Barney Norris, Lesley Glaister – new titles spanning literary fiction, crime, historical fiction, and memoir.

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