Please read this eloquent expression of the fury so many of us feel.
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Please read this eloquent expression of the fury so many of us feel.
Wales-based publisher Lucent Dreaming has announced their anthology of work by deaf and disabled Welsh writers has been shortlisted for The British Book Awards
Blueprints is here
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How are we celebrating the #NationalYearofReading2026?
📚 Funded author visits for 2026
📚 Firefly Book Club
📚 Book boxes for schools and libraries
📚 Themed reading packs
For more info, head to: www.fireflypress.co.uk/nationalyearofreading/
#readingforpleasure
Salt by Catrin Kean- a Wales Book of the Year. In the 1880s, a Cardiff girl falls for a ship’s cook from Barbados - Mon-Fri 22.45 @BBCRadio4 or listen now @BBCSounds Read by Kezrena James abridged @mirandaemmerson.bsky.social & produced by Fay Lomas & @mair.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Poetry collections from @fireflypress.bsky.social
are always brilliant and Fresh by @rhiannonoliver.bsky.social is no exception! Full of lively poems about friendship, kindness and the natural world and what a treat: striking illustrations by Chris Ridell. Pub. 9th April Highly Recommended!
HarperNorth has acquired Red Dragon Song by Rebecca F John, writing as Catrin Cadogan. Publication is scheduled for June 2026 👇 #BookSky
Happy Book Birthday to our favorite baker/spy, Alice Éclair!
Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire: A Sprinkling of Danger by @sarahtoddtaylor is the exciting third installment full of daring espionage, glamorous settings, and delicious cakes!
A handwritten letter to Sarah McIntyre's MP. It asks him to stand up for the UK's children's book illustrators and their copyright and is illustrated with a picture of a serious-looking mouse holding a large pencil.
An important message beautifully presented by writer/illustrator and SoA Fellow Sarah McIntyre.
That's awful.
Looking for something new to read?
Both the Asking for a Friend and Michael the Great Globetrotting Sausage Dog Kindle eBooks are on sale in Australia until the end of the month!
Grab them while you can.
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📙HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! ⛪️
Cathy Faulkner's gorgeous new middle grade post-WWI verse novel is OUT TODAY!
'Faulkner once again impresses with the elegance, insight and dramatic intensity of her writing.' Lancashire Evening Post
https://fireflypress.co.uk/books/treasure-seekers/
A chartered account-turned author has become the first writer to be shortlisted for two different books by the Waterstones children’s book prize
Brave New World: Justice for creators in the age of GenAI
In our ongoing commitment to campaign for author rights and interests, we have joined forces with other creator-led organisations to co-launch a ground-breaking report showing the onset of a creative jobs crisis in the UK. buff.ly/wThFNtu
"These are my lands. These are my hills, my valleys, my grass and sky and moon. My hares.My people."
Duffield-Fuller brings to life shapeshifters, dragons and elemental bonds to explore resistance and the quiet magic of becoming your own legend🌙@honnopress.bsky.social
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book cover of The Shakespeare Sisters by Juliet Greenwood with four different coloured roses surrounding and wooden heart shape, London sightseeing ornament and the open pages of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare behind
This is such a brilliant #HistoricalFiction #Book by @julietgreenwood.bsky.social
The Shakespeare Sisters
by Juliet Greenwood
#WW2 #Booksky #Reading
Graphic showing the longlist for the 2026 Branford Boase Award. Odd Girl Out by Tasneem Abdur-Rashid, edited by Rosie Fickling (David Fickling Books) Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread by Penny Boxall, edited by Katie Sinfield (Puffin) Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns, edited by Lucy Courtenay (Farshore) The Book of Heartbreak by Ova Ceren, edited by Ruth Bennett and Ella Whiddett (Hot Key Books) Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley, edited by Cathy Liney (Bloomsbury) How to Roller Skate with One Leg by Ella Dove, illus by Jennifer Jamieson, edited by Anne Marie Ryan (Orchard Books) The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni, edited by Asmaa Isse (Electric Monkey) Grumpfort by Jamie Hammond, ed Sarah Stewart (Usborne) The Girl Who Raced the World by Nat Harrison, edited by Ruth Bennett (Bonnier) Evie and Maryam's Family Tree by Janeen Hayat, ed by Bella Pearson (Guppy Books) The Misadventures of Mina Mahmood by Farhana Islam, e by Asmaa Isse (Farshore) Love on Sight by Asli Jensen, ed Shalini Vallepur (Chicken House) Inkbound by Philippa Leathley, ed Natalie Doherty (HarperCollins Children’s Books) Gloam by Jack Mackay, ed Katie Jennings (Rock the Boat) A Beautiful Terrible Thing by Miranda Moore, ed Meggie Degurney & Liz Cross (David Fickling Books) Wildlands by Brogen Murphy, ed Linas Alsenas (Puffin) Rock Band Music and Misfits by Leah Osakwe, ed by Mattie Whitehead & Karelle Tobias (Little Tiger) Marty Moose: First Class by Claire Powell,ed Gráinne Clear (Walker Books) The Doughnut Club by Kristina Rahim, edited Zoë Griffiths (Nosy Crow) The Girl with Gills by Becca Rogers, edited by Fiona Kennedy (Zephyr) Run Away With Me by J.L. Simmonds, edited by Amina Parchment-Youssef (Penguin) The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn, edited by Emma Jones and Charlie Castelletti (First Ink) Augmented by Kenechi Udogu, edited by Natasha Brown and Jenny Glencross (Faber) My Dog by Olivia Wakeford, edited by Megan Reid (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
We are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 #BranfordBoase Award, recognising the year's outstanding debut writers for children AND their editors 👏#kidlit #booksky
Thank you to @alcs.co.uk & @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for their support.
branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2026-longlist/
Literature Wales has announced the launch of a poetry project aimed at improving understanding of women’s health conditions and supporting ongoing work to address inequalities in healthcare in Wales
I’ve seen lots of posts promoting the National Year of Reading which is brilliant!
Not so brilliant is that there are some using AI-generated imagery which is disheartening.
Illustrations are really important when it comes to children wanting to pick up books. Let’s keep the industry thriving!
✨COVER REVEAL✨️
CIRCLING THE STARS is an enchanting tale of secret nighttime walks, a mysterious fox and finding friendship in the most unexpected of places. Touching on themes of loss, change, nurture and healing.
🖊️ Written by Laura Sheldon
🎨 Designed in-house @fireflypress.bsky.social
It’s my first day in the antimemetics division.
Sarah is posting a multi-part story over the coming days. The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part 1, is available now. Part 2 out later today. @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social
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Cover of Big Words by Luke Palmer. Boy in a hoody sitting slumped over, small at the bottom with large graffitied writing & lightning bolts above. Illustration by Andy Gellenberg.
I read Big Words by Luke Palmer this weekend & wish we could get all angry young (& older) men to read it. It is published in March by @barringtonstoke.bsky.social, one of their snappy novellas that packs *everything* into few words, hopefully a great conversation starter in 2ndry schools #KidLitUK
The Mab - a modern take on the Mabinogion with a foreword by Michael Sheen, has been given a new lease of life after being rescued from destruction
ICYMI: More than 1,500 copies of The MAB, a children’s title edited by authors Matt Brown and Eloise Williams, have been rescued by Welsh indie publisher Firefly Press, following Boundless collapse 👇 #BookSky
Our Contracts and Advice team provide expert support for members at every stage of their author career. This year we have:
I'm so sad to hear this. A wonderful author, under both her writing names.
Need a gift for your globetrotter this Christmas? We’ve got you covered!📚🎄🎁
Shop the 2025 Ilse Schwepcke Prize winner and shortlist on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social (link in our bio).
Great culture can save lives. Literally.
Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
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