Blueprints is here www.parthianbooks.com/products/blu...

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!

An important message beautifully presented by writer/illustrator and SoA Fellow Sarah McIntyre.

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. @katemallinder.bsky.social @cowfishdreams.bsky.social @mrtimdraws.bsky.social

📙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 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/kill...

This is such a brilliant #HistoricalFiction #Book by @julietgreenwood.bsky.social The Shakespeare Sisters by Juliet Greenwood #WW2 #Booksky #Reading

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

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 sarahtoddtaylor.com/2025/12/17/t...

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:

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

It’s our bookshop signing day with Mari Ellis Dunning and Carys Shannon. Come say hello at our stops along the way 👋🏻 Just popped into The Hours Brecon. Up next @book-ish.bsky.social in Abergavenny at 11am

Independent publisher Firefly Press is set to publish a new series celebrating classic Welsh stories for children and young adults 👇 #BookSky

TONIGHT!!

I'm very much looking forward to this event, next Friday.

So, who's going to win??? The Faithful or #TheTraitors? Comment your guess on this post before 9pm tonight, 6/11/25, and we'll pick a random winner from those correct to win #LieorDie and #LieorDieBloodMoon by #AJClack UK only. @bouncemarketing.bsky.social #CelebrityTraitors

Join Carys Shannon on her debut book tour with events and signings held throughout the month. "Suspenseful and suffused in the uncanny power of the ever-shifting tides of a Welsh estuary, Carys Shannon’s Truth Like Water is a first-rate mystery novel” – Joanne Owen, @lovereadinguk.bsky.social

Join author Gosia Buzzanca at @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social this Saturday! Gosia will be speaking about her debut memoir 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World' 📚 🕡 6:30pm 📅 Saturday 1st November 📍 Bookspace, Cardiff Buy your ticket here: www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/the...

The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky

We are delighted to reveal that @onewomanwalks is the winner of the inaugural #TheIlseSchwepckePrize for her book, ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE. A huge congratulations to Ursula, and to all shortlisted authors @theilseschwepckeprize #literaryprize #womentravellers #travelwriting #bookstagram

Stephanie Yeboah said: ‘...The author takes readers on a journey not just across landscapes but into the heart of perseverance and self-discovery, with warmth and honesty shining through every page.’ Read more about the 2025 shortlist through the link in our bio.

Arabella Friesen said: ‘Martin’s five and a half thousand mile walk across Europe is a feat by any measure: for sheer guts, determination, courage both physical and mental, dauntlessness and good humour. She is a marvel … The world seems wider after reading this book.’

A huge congratulations to Ursula, and to our shortlisted authors.

ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE is Ursula’s 5,500 mile trek across Europe – a raw and inspiring journey of wild camping, resilience, and self-discovery. Battling fear and isolation she finds strength in solitude, connection in nature, and a deeper understanding of home and belonging.

We are delighted to reveal that Ursula Martin is the winner of the inaugural #TheIlseSchwepckePrize for her book, ONE WOMAN WALKS EUROPE (@honnopress.bsky.social). This is what she said about winning the Prize ⬇️

Firefly Press has signed an English adaptation of Megan Angharad Hunter’s Wales Book of the Year-winning novel, Behind the Sky, with publication scheduled for September 2026 👇 #BookSky

⭐️Kindle Deal Alert⭐️ Joining #Grimstink in the #UKKindleDeals this month: #Wilde by Eloise Williams #TheDollTwin by Janine Beacham and #BlackfinSky @katelliswrites.bsky.social Perfect for Halloween. Deal runs until the end of the month. Don’t miss it! www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=firefly+...

I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October. - Virginia Woolf #Womensart

"Black History is all our history. It’s an integral part of the wonderful, fascinating, outrageous, incredible history of this country." Thank you @catwrote.bsky.social for this fantastic blog on the importance of teaching Black History. #BlackHistoryMonth Full blog: bit.ly/3W4Vkvd

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

Ready for some perfect Sunday night telly? 😍 The first episode of Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles airs tonight on BBC One at 6.15pm! Booming bitterns at Minsmere, badgers in the bluebells, Nightingales in song... We can’t wait! Who'll be tuning in?

In Carmarthen next Saturday? Enjoy crime fiction? Then come along to Carmarthen Library at 2pm to enjoy a panel with Crime Cymru authors @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social @gbwilliams.bsky.social and me. Tickets are free on the Carmarthenshire Libraries website.

Happy Bookshop Day! There are over 200 independent children's bookshops on my map so do pay your local one a visit. It's regularly updated but please let me know of any more I could add. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

More than 20 independent publishing houses – including Bluemoose Books, Tilted Axis Press and Influx Press – have written an open letter calling for the trade to “work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses” as they face an “existential crisis” 👇

Wars, tariffs , paper, production costs and the battle to get our books seen means there is a crisis in publishing. Indies do most of the heavy lifting in finding great new stories that the risk averse conglomerates shy away from. Support Indies! www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

Just finished this incredible book. I knew a little bit about Josephine Baker but Dance of Resistance does an incredible job of packing in the life story of a woman we can only wonder at. Catherine Johnson does it again! @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @catwrote.bsky.social

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