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Posted by RLD on 25th January 2010

The first month of the year has been characterised by a long freeze that is only now relenting. Borders Books has gone to the great regret of book browsers in Inverness, Glasgow, Dundee and in many English cities and towns. Fortunately Blackwells, Waterstones, the many independent book shops that are the backbone of the trade as well as its human face, and the internet continue. Adding to that new methods of delivering and appreciating books are on the way and Sandstone Press intends to be in the forefront.

Sandstone Press will publish eight superb books over the next five months and, soon, the last of their covers will appear in our Forthcoming section. Gravemaker + Scott’s superb evocation of tiny humanity’s place in the enormous landscape for Hamish’s Mountain Walk will be next.

We are already looking beyond those first six months and an introduction to Julian Lees, whose beautiful book The Fan Tan Players will appear in July, can be found in Forthcoming together with a portrait of the Malaya based author by the photographer M. Hsu. More new titles will appear in Forthcoming as they are agreed. Meanwhile we look forward to the launches of Up The Creek Without A Mullet by Simon Varwell at the Bishop’s Palace, Inverness, on Monday 1st February, Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones by Bobbie Darbyshire at Clapham Library on Saturday 20th February, and Orkney Spirit by Liz Ashworth (beautifully illustrated by Selena Kuzman) on Friday 26th March at the St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, Orkney.

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