The Salt Road
Three sisters, one fishing village and the winter that changed it. Novel, 2025.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Thomas Avery
Novelist · Author of “The Salt Road” and “A House of Small Hours”
I write slow-burning novels about families, coastlines and the secrets people keep for decades. My books have been translated into eleven languages, and I still write every first draft by hand.
Books
A House of Small Hours
A night nurse and the old man who won’t stop talking. Novel, 2022.Weather Reports
Twelve short stories from the north. 2019.
What readers say
“Quietly devastating. I read it in one sitting.”
The Northern Review“The kind of book you press into a friend’s hands.”
Bookshop of the Year, 2025Shortlisted, Coastal Fiction Prize
2025
Readings
Edinburgh Book Festival
18 August · Main tentHay Festival
30 May · In conversationWriting workshop
Every first Saturday · Leith Library
At the desk
Draft three Sunday reading The research shelf