We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of the Girl of Darkness series by Kristina Dowling - the next YA urban fantasy obsession! The first book in the series, Girl of Darkness, is scheduled to publish in September 2026, as part of Sweet Cherry’s new young adult imprint!

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 Celebrate pride throughout the month of June with our colourful and engaging Easy Classics books, perfectly adapted and abridged for young readers! Keep your eyes peeled for more fun posts this month as we celebrate pride in all its forms! ❤️🍒 #sweetcherrypublishing #pride

I’ve only just caught up with bits of news and read about Sweet Cherry. These are gorgeous books for young readers and the range is quite breathtaking. (Check out their very welcoming & clear submissions page too, writers.) Congratulations

Guys, we won a Nibbie!!🍒 Last Monday the team headed to London to celebrate all things books at The British Book Awards. We were lucky enough to take home Small Press of the Year! Thank you so much for this recognition @thebookseller.com and congratulations to all the winners and nominees!!

Good morning. Here’s Cal and I at The British Book Awards. We didn’t win but congratulations to @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social who publish brilliant children’s books. #Nibbies @thebookseller.com

Check out Linda’s amazing review on her book blog!!😊🍒

Happy Publication Day! Say hello to Billy (bold, brilliant, Elton John superfan), Dorothy (inventive genius and proud nerd), and… Hepzibah the fish (RIP). Together, they’re about to uncover a ghostly mystery that’s anything but dead boring!

Three nominations?!! We're so happy to be shortlisted for these prestigious awards at The Nibbies and we can't wait to attend the ceremony! Congratulations to all the other nominees! 🍒 #SweetCherryPublishing #TheNibbies

Huge news - we're the Regional & Country Winner in the Midlands for Small Press of the Year by The Nibbies! This is such an incredible achievement, and we couldn't be happier to get this recognition. Congratulations to all the regional & country winners; we can't wait to see you at the ceremony!

Congratulations to all the authors whose books have been shortlisted this year! We wish you all luck for the ceremony!🥰

A massive thank you to our panelists from yesterday! What a great discussion about community building, engagement and D2C sales in children's publishing. @circularsoftware.bsky.social @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social @bookbrunch.bsky.social

Happy World Book Day. The podcast I recorded with the folks at @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social is available to listen to on Spotify: Chats Under The Cherry Tree - A Publishing Podcast #illustration #freelanceillustrator #childrensbooks #books #podcast #sweetcherrypublishing #kidlitart #kidlitartist 🌎📚🍒📻

We're in such great company alongside the fantastic Bad Betty Press, Henson Editorial, @theemmapress.bsky.social and @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social !

We're very pleased to announce that we are a regional and country Small Press of the Year finalist at The Nibbies 2025! This nomination is a symbol of all of our hard work throughout 2024 and our dedication to making reading fun, engaging, and accessible for children all across the world.

Look at this wonderful reader who received a signed copy of Unicake by Written by Red! We love seeing pictures like these - what a great way to start the week! We hope you love it Sara!🥰 #writtenbyred #unicake #sweetcherrypublishing #childrenspublishing #picturebooks

Happy Valentines Day. Here's Chummy from the 'Little Cherries' books published by @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social #illustration #illustrator #freelanceillustrator #cherry #cherries #sweetcherrypublishing #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #valentinesday #hearts 🍒📕❤️

This February for the second year in a row, Bookshop.org is inviting you to Read It Forward! ALL children's middle grade and YA books sales will earn 10% for BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust to fund early years reading support for disadvantaged and vulnerable families across the UK!

Cool seeing my Little Cherries illustrations in @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social 2025 books catalogue #illustration #illustrator #freelanceillustrator #cherry #cherries #sweetcherrypublishing #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #publishing #childrensbookpublishing 🍒📕

Yesterday, we had the launch of our very first Every Cherry Workshop!🍒 These workshops have been created to equip staff members at schools with the knowledge and guidance they need to effectively implement our books into their lessons.

I have news that I am not sure if I have shared here! A new Loki book on March 20th! It's a book of short stories and Loki-themed activities and it features Loki shape shifting into many glorious creatures.... For the more orderly games, loki had help lokibooks.com/books/loki-a... #KidlitUK

We have some very exciting news to share with you all - Pages Ahead is a wonderful upcoming campaign that will empower independent bookshops and libraries with a competitive advantage by allowing you to sell our titles one month ahead of larger retailers and online sellers!

Little Spruce, one of our festive titles, is featured on CBeebies Bedtime Stories, narrated by Justin Fletcher! Little Spruce is the ultimate magical & inclusive picture book that will get you in your festive feelings! 🎄❄️ Click the link to watch the episode NOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVIS...

Our STUNNING 2025 catalogue has arrived - just look at how adorable Pip, one of the Little Cherries, looks on the cover 🤩 The marketing team will be sending lots of these out over the coming weeks, so if you're a bookseller, library or school and would like to receive one, get in touch!

It's Red Planet Day today, so why not treat your young reader with one of our adapted & abridged Sci-Fi Classics! 'The Time Machine' + 'The War of the Worlds', both written by H.G Wells, are PERFECT for any reader looking to escape into the world of time travel, Martians and monsters!👽 #SCP

Every Cherry, our groundbreaking accessible imprint, has gone from strength to strength since launching! We're now at a stage where we'd love to collaborate with trusted, renowned organisations to endorse the books and prove their impact.

We had an absolute BLAST last week with Lauren Hoffmeier, author of our Mula and Friends picture book series. To celebrate the release of Mula and the Chaotic Peacock, we flew Lauren over from NYC for a week-long book tour across the country - here's a sneak peek of what we got up to!🤩 #BookTour

Hey there - we're brand-new to Bluesky so wanted to introduce ourselves! We're Sweet Cherry Publishing, an award-winning independent publisher based in the UK. We're on a mission to make reading not only fun, but wholly accessible for children EVERYWHERE!🍒 #indiepublisher #childrenspublishing