🌟We're signing off for the Holidays! 🖋️ Wishing all our Firefly friends a very merry festive season, and a huge thank you for all your support in 2025, and beyond. See you in 2026! 📅🎆 With all best wishes, Penny, Ben, Hayley, Lucy, Becka, Grace and Amy (The Firefly Team) xx

Day 18 #greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE Feather by Manon Stefan Ros published by @fireflypress.bsky.social

📣BOOKSELLERS 📣EDUCATORS 📣LIBRARIANS 📣REVIEWERS Need something to dive into over the festive period? We've got something for everyone currently available to request on @netgalley.bsky.social 👉️https://www.netgalley.com/pub/fireflypress (Get those requests in asap before the festive break! ✨️)

📕✨️ COVER REVEAL ✨️📕 From author of #SummerReadingChallenge favourite, #MyNameisRiver #ENTANGLED by @emmarea8.bsky.social Coming 2nd April 2026 🇮🇹🎨 @bouncemarketing.bsky.social @readingagency.bsky.social

Confused by cricket? Gobsmacked by googlies? 🤔 With England charging into the third Ashes test, what better time to inspire the next generation with #CrackingCricket by @robinbennettauthor.bsky.social - part of our hilarious and informative #StupendousSports series. Also available in Australia 🏏

Well done @fireflypress.bsky.social - we look forward to re-stocking one of our all time best sellers!

Some good news to carry us all into the weekend. The Mab is back! The collection of short Welsh myths and legends, re-told for young readers, has been rescued from the Unbound bin fire by @fireflypress.bsky.social and will be back on bookshelves very soon! #KidLit #KidLitUK

Day 10 #greatchildrensbookadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE brings some amazing poetry collections @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social

🌟COVER REVEAL🌟 #Wonderland from #PatienceAgbabi is a YA verse novel, and a celebration of Northern Soul music and culture in 1980s north Wales. 🎨 Cover designed in-house 📚️ HITTING BOOKSHOPS 14 MAY 2026 📚️ @bouncemarketing.bsky.social #NorthernSoul #ColwynBayPier #WiganCasino #1980s #UKYA #80sYA

Watch Out Girl! A masterful YA novel from #PatienceAgbabi is coming next May. 🎶 And You Didn't Say a Word but we have a gorgeous cover to share with you! Tune in to @fireflypress socials next Weds 👀📗 #Wonderland #UKYA #NorthernSoul #ColwynBay @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

Because @fireflypress.bsky.social are the best publisher they are ignoring Bleak Friday and instead donating £1 for each book sold through their website to a homelessness charity for the rest of this year

84% of parents and carers believe sharing stories gives children the best start. Help every child unwrap the #MagicOfBooks this Christmas – donate today ✨ https://bit.ly/4rk76Am

We are so proud to support the #NationalYearofReading2026 with @literacy-trust.bsky.social, and look forward to meeting with them this afternoon in Cardiff! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 If you're into it, read into it. Go All In. 📚️ #GoAllIn2026

TONIGHT!!

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

Delighted to be part of this important project with the Wales Children's Book of the Year winner #AHistoryofmyWeird / #HanesfyHynodrwydd by #ChloeHeuch, adapted by #MaredLlwyd

Join us for a #DarkNightsareforReading soiree at #AddymanBooks in #HayonWye with 3 writers from 3 indie Welsh presses:⁠ ⁠ @clairefayers.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social @mariellisdunning.bsky.social @honnopress.bsky.social #CarysShannon @parthianbooks.bsky.social ⁠ See you there? 🌙📚⁠

Today we're hosting an interview with Gatlin Perrin, author of DIRK JONES IS NOT THE CHOSEN ONE @fireflypress.bsky.social @gatlinperrin.bsky.social #UKYASpotlight #UKYA ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/11/10/a...

Here's a complete list of all the children's and YA authors featured on our website. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/featured-aut... #kidlit #ukedchat

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

"a hugely enjoyable and original story" 5⭐ for our NEW Book of the Week, DIRK JONES IS NOT THE CHOSEN ONE by Gatlin Perrin @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/dirk-...

If you like your stories ghostly, scary, supernatural and steeped in legend & folklore, then The Red Gloves by Catherine Fisher is the collection for you. @fireflypress.bsky.social Here’s my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

It's #Halloween!⁠ ⁠ Here are some more our of fave spooky reads... 👻⁠ ⁠ #DeloresMackenzie has always been able to see the ghostly overstayers that haunt the Old Town. But this Hallowe'en will she be strong enough to defeat those intent on destroying her?⁠ ⁠ @bouncemarketing.bsky.social #YvonneBanham

We're counting down to #Halloween with some spooky reads... 👻⁠ Beware the bloodstained man who tries to stop the coach... something is not right at #CraterLake activity centre. Then, at night, things get much stranger... it's a school trip straight from your nightmares! #JenniferKillick

Strange Tales: Journey into an uncanny world where invisible beings move among us; skeletons dance, animals speak and luck, spells, fear and fortune are not to be treated lightly! ✍️ Signed copies: fireflypress.co.uk/books/strang... @bouncemarketing.bsky.social #Halloween #CalanGaeaf

We're counting down to #Halloween with 5 top spooky reads 👻 At no.5 is The Red Gloves Red gloves that reach for your throat; a changing room where a stranger asks to swap lives with you... An expert storyteller weaves nine spells.... Get your signed copy here: fireflypress.co.uk/books/the-re...

⭐️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+...

We hope you've all got your bookshop visiting plans ready for #BookshopDay tomorrow? If you're in South Wales, you may spot campaign ambassador @clairefayers.bsky.social out and about, signing copies and ready to chat all things books! @booksaremybag.bsky.social @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

It's perilous. It's hilarious. It's queer. It's #DirkJonesisNOTtheChosenOne and It's OUT NOW!! Available from fireflypress.co.uk/books/dirk-j... or GWALES (support a Welsh bookshop): www.gwales.com/bibliographi... or your local bookshop! @gatlinperrin.bsky.social @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

📣BLOGGERS ⁠ Join the #DirkJonesisNOTtheChosenOne blog tour!⁠ Email hello[at]fireflypress[dot]co[dot]uk with ⁠ - Blog name ⁠ - Social handle⁠s - Date pref (21-31 Oct) if any⁠ - Content pref (Q&A/guest post/review) if any⁠ ⁠ Must be UK based @gatlinperrin.bsky.social @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

“Hero the Highway Girl” by @pennychrimes.bsky.social is pure #MiddleGradeMagic. Feisty heiress + pet wolf+ reluctant highwayman = Georgian chaos. Full of daring escapes, brave choices & heart. Jack and Hero are truly fab characters and their interplay is a delight @fireflypress.bsky.social

✨KINDLE DEAL UK✨ #Grimstink by @idanielpeak.bsky.social is in a UK #KindleDeal this month! Deal ends 31st October! You won’t want to miss this one. In the words of author Emer Stamp, it’s ‘spit-out-your-drink funny’. www.amazon.co.uk/Grimstink-Da... #UKKindleDeal #KidLit #FunnyBooks #FunnySciFi

✨️KINDLE DEAL ALERT✨️ 📚Libby and the Egyptian Escapade by @jo-clarke.bsky.social & Becka Moor 📚Fishfolk by Steven Quincey-Jones and 📚Fireblood by Sam Stewart are in a #KindleDeal in Australia! Deal ends 31st October. Don’t miss it! www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+... #KindleDeals #KidLit

VERY exciting book post today! I can't wait to dive into DIRK JONES IS NOT THE CHOSEN ONE, by Gatlin Perrin. It's promising to be fun, spooky, nonbinary, and Welsh – all excellent things. Out October 9th. Thanks @fireflypress.bsky.social

MICHAEL THE GREAT GLOBETROTTING SAUSAGE DOG out NOW ⁠ Pawfect for young fans of #RaceAcrosstheWorld and #DestinationX, Michael uses his mind-reading abilities across 4 continents in this race around the world! ✍️ @cowfishdreams.bsky.social 🎨 @mrtimdraws.bsky.social ⁠ @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

DEAL ALERT For one week only 📚Crater Lake 📚Major and Mynah 📚The Clockwork Crow 📚Libby and the Parisian Puzzle 📚The Song That Sings Us and 📚Monster Max and the Bobble Hat of Forgetting are in the #StartASeries #KindleDeal in Australia! Grab it here: www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+...

Always a joy to celebrate a new book by @pennychrimes.bsky.social - and what a lovely launch for Hero, The Highway Girl! New from @fireflypress.bsky.social - Hero is a fast-paced adventure in the wildnerness of C18th London. It has wolves, secret caves, gargoyles, chandeliers and great outfits.

📚️ Quicksmiths finale is here! ✨️ Kip and friends must travel into the molten ocean deep below the earth's crust to defeat the Grittleshanks once and for all. But other challenges lie in wait... 🛒https://fireflypress.co.uk/books/the-cyber-ciphers-of-eartha-quicksmith/ @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

We also have some short reviews of seaside themed books including The Last Pebble by @alexhorne.bsky.social Changing Tides by Julia Moscardo @littletigeruk.bsky.social Our Pebbles by Jarvis @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social and Vanishing Edge by Zillah Bethell @fireflypress.bsky.social #UKkidlit #KidLitUK

@katemallinder.bsky.social is fascinated by what makes people tick & writing is her way of exploring that. She follows her characters on a road trip in Summer Under the Stars, next stop: #CampYA2025 Grab your ticket now🎫- bit.ly/CampYA2025 @fireflypress.bsky.social

✨️COVER REVEAL✨️⁠ ⁠ 📙#TheTreasureSeekers⁠ ✍️ Cathy Faulkner 🎨 Harry Goldhawk ⁠ PREORDER NOW! fireflypress.co.uk/books/treasu... (or from your local bookshop 📚️)⁠ ⁠

The Five, created in a unique collaborative process, is a triumph, a dazzling celebration of the power of friendship. I loved it! @fireflypress.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Mae The Five yn cael ei gyhoeddi ddydd Iau nesaf gan @fireflypress.bsky.social! The Five, Mared Roberts' adaptation of the YA series Y Pump, is being published next Thursday! In the meantime, learn more about The Five in a blog post by its creator, Elgan Rhys: www.ambobdim.cymru/en/profile-c...

📣 Get caught up in @emmarea8.bsky.social 's new Venetian adventure! ⁠ ⁠ Coming Spring 2026⁠ ⁠ Read more 👉️ fireflypress.co.uk/blog/get-cau... ⁠ 🧠🎨🛶🧠🎨🛶🧠🎨🛶⁠

🌞 Get £1 OFF per book + FREE P&P on our staff picks at fireflypress.co.uk this summer! 🛍️ Use code 'Summer25' at checkout. 📚️ Buying 3? Email us at [email protected] with your order number(s) and we'll send a 4th book of your choice completely free! Qs? 👉 fireflypress.co.uk/blog/get-1-o...

📣CALLING ALL:⁠ ✨️BOOKSELLERS⁠ ✨️LIBRARIANS⁠ ✨️SCHOOL STAFF⁠ ✨️BLOGGERS⁠ ✨️REVIEWERS⁠ ⁠ We've got something for everyone currently available to request on Netgalley! ⁠ REQUEST NOW 👉 www.netgalley.co.uk/pub/fireflyp... ⁠ @bouncemarketing.bsky.social @bounce-waterstones.bsky.social

📚️Got some Firefly books on your TBR this summer? 📚️⁠ ⁠ Share your photos with us for a chance to win a Firefly book of your choice!⁠ ⁠ Use hashtag #FireflySummerReading25 and a random winner will be picked w/c 1 Sep (UK only)⁠ ⁠ 📸 Editor, Hayley : @katemallinder.bsky.social ‘s #SummerUndertheStars

Today's Annual Event interview is with Scarlett Dunmore and A. J. Clack @ajclack.bsky.social @littletigeruk.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social #UKYA #UKYASpotlight ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/24/a...

Project Pony by Camilla Chester, Illustrated by Irina Avgustinovich 🐴🐴🐴 A must-read for all! 📚 Review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social @camcauthor.bsky.social #IrinaAvgustinovich @fireflypress.bsky.social #mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren

Here’s a ‘Bookseller Review’ of Grimstink from the @waterstones.bsky.social website. Thank you Steve E 🙏 @waterstoneskids.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social