Presentation given by Sandstone Press MD Robert Davidson at the 2012 Faber Factory Plus Conference.
Sandstone Press is an independent book publisher based in the Highlands of Scotland. Visit http://www.sandstonepress.com for more information.
2. Introduction
• Established 2002
• Publishers of Fiction and Non-Fiction
• Scotland’s most rapidly growing publisher
• Last Dragon Winner Saltire Society Research Book 2011
• Jane Rogers Longlisted Man Booker Prize 2011
• Zoë Strachan Shortlisted Green Carnation Prize 2011
• Biggest Seller: Cairngorm John, Shortlisted Boardman
Tasker prize
PUBLISHING PROGRAMME: February – August 2012 (12
titles)
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3. February
‘A new kind of eco-sleuth.’
The Spectator
‘Raises the bar, compelling.
Compelling.’ The Scotsman
‘Extremely more-ish.’ The
Herald
Interview upcoming with
shotsmag.co.uk
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4. March
• Follows 2009’s A Bend in the
Nile
• Author video interview to
appear on Save the Children
website, Facebook &
YouTube
• Author interview to appear in
Save the Children members’
magazine Children Now
• Other Save the Children
activity will include launch
events in London and
elsewhere
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5. March
‘It is a warm and accomplished
work of sympathetic imagination.
I felt myself, as I read, wholly
absorbed into Alice's painful but
fascinating interior life.’ Hilary
Mantel
•First person narrative by Alice
James, sister of Henry James
•Previously published, successful
author
•Will be reviewed in The Herald
and elsewhere
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6. April
• Full colour spreads with
maps
• 171 x 242mm portrait
format
• Reviews upcoming in
Scots Magazine & Scottish
Field
• Scottish tourist and home
market anticipated
• Legendary, much
published author
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9. April
‘Thornton is skilled at drawing
out the poignancy of ordinary
life.’ - The Guardian
•Rosy’s fifth novel
•Previously praised by Penny
Vincenzi, Adele Gèras, Woman’s
Weekly, Daily Telegraph, Style,
She, etc
•Launch event in Heffer’s
Bookshop, Cambridge, 18th April,
6.30pm
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10. May
‘A snarling, teeth-baring rip-
snorter.’ The Los Angeles Times
•The first of our three imports
•A New York Times Bestselling
Author
•Video forthcoming
•Web reviews upcoming with
Crimefictionlover.com and
Shotsmag.co.uk
•Jeff’s nineteenth novel
•The latest Charlie Hood thriller
•All action, engaging characters
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11. May
‘Lucid, measured and deeply moving.’
Liz Lochhead
•Saltire Society Scottish Research Book
of the Year 2011
•Blanket coverage across the Scottish
media at the time of the subject’s death
•Edwin Morgan highly associated with
current constitutional change debate
•Reviewed The Herald, Times Literary
Supplement, Scottish Literary Review,
Scottish Review of Books, Scottish Left
Review, etc
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12. May
‘Ancient signs and symbols of sex and
death re-erupt in a burning Greek
landscape...a compelling chase through
patterns of desire.’ Michèle Roberts
•Author and poet of high reputation
and good following.
•Previous titles: Tricks of the Light,
Mistress of Lilliput, Pillow Boy of the
Lady Onogoro, Mer de Glace
•Joint first winner of the Boardman
Tasker Prize
•Previous titles reviewed positively
everywhere
•Brilliant cover and intriguing title
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13. June
‘One of the exceptional writers
of our time.’ Alistair MacLeod,
author of Island
•The second of our three imports
•Distinguished, much published
Canadian author
•Writer of novels, short stories
and screen plays
•Located Canadian North West,
race relations, integration issues
•Story telling splendid
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14. June
‘Grizzly Bears and Razor Clams is for
anyone who hankers for remote
country and endless days of primo
walking.' Ron Strickland, author of the
Pacific Northwest Trail Guidebook
•Much publisher outdoor author, Gear
Correspondent TGO Magazine
•Regular and popular blogger on
www.christownsendoutdoors.com
•Frequent and popular speaker
•242 x 171 landscape format
•Full colour throughout
•Spectacular outdoor photography
•Engagingly written
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16. June
Longlisted: The Man Booker Prize 2011.
In this month Sandstone Press will be
publishing a new edition of this, one of
the most talked about books of 2011, in
partnership with Canongate.
•‘By far the most moving of all the
entries.’ Chris Mullin, Man Booker
Judge
•A dark, powerful and disturbing story.’
Michèle Roberts
•‘You’ll be blown away.’ The
Independent
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17. July
‘A beautifully paced and
endlessly witty book about love
and growing up. I loved this
book.’ Isla Dewar
•The third of our three imports
•Already a hit in Australia
•Strong, serious but witty
female interest
•Hits on age/sex/fidelity issues
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18. August
‘A rich and riotous tale about
coming-of-age in 1980s Belfast; a
novel that is by turns darkly
ironic and laugh-out-loud funny.’
•A comedy located in Belfast
during the Eighties.
•Kevin Smith’s first novel
•Launches being organised in
Belfast and Dublin
•More to follow on marketing
points
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