Firefly Press
@fireflypress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of quality fiction for children & teens. WINNER Branford Boase first children’s novel Award, Yoto Carnegie Medal, Wales Book of the Year
www.fireflypress.co.uk
www.fireflypress.co.uk
✨️KINDLE DEAL ALERT✨️
📚Snails of the Unexpected
and
📚Hero the Highway Girl
are in a #KindleDeal in Australia!
Deal ends 31st January.
#KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #eBooks @cowfishdreams.bsky.social @pennychrimes.bsky.social @brendafigueroa.bsky.social
www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+...
📚Snails of the Unexpected
and
📚Hero the Highway Girl
are in a #KindleDeal in Australia!
Deal ends 31st January.
#KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #eBooks @cowfishdreams.bsky.social @pennychrimes.bsky.social @brendafigueroa.bsky.social
www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+...
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
✨️KINDLE DEAL ALERT✨️
📚Snails of the Unexpected
and
📚Hero the Highway Girl
are in a #KindleDeal in Australia!
Deal ends 31st January.
#KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #eBooks @cowfishdreams.bsky.social @pennychrimes.bsky.social @brendafigueroa.bsky.social
www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+...
📚Snails of the Unexpected
and
📚Hero the Highway Girl
are in a #KindleDeal in Australia!
Deal ends 31st January.
#KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #eBooks @cowfishdreams.bsky.social @pennychrimes.bsky.social @brendafigueroa.bsky.social
www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+...
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It is a very good weekend when I have read two unputdownable books 👏 Grimstink by @idanielpeak.bsky.social is a clever, funny, twisty and original take on sci-fi. Totally brilliant! Off to get a copy of Little Horror now 😁 @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidLitUK #UKKidLit
January 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
It is a very good weekend when I have read two unputdownable books 👏 Grimstink by @idanielpeak.bsky.social is a clever, funny, twisty and original take on sci-fi. Totally brilliant! Off to get a copy of Little Horror now 😁 @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidLitUK #UKKidLit
✨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
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
January 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM
✨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
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
✨️KINDLE DEAL ALERT✨️
📚A History of My Weird
📚Live
and
📚Project Pony
are in a January #KindleDeal in Australia!
Deal ends 31st January. Don’t miss it!
www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+...
#KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #KidLit #eBooks
📚A History of My Weird
📚Live
and
📚Project Pony
are in a January #KindleDeal in Australia!
Deal ends 31st January. Don’t miss it!
www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+...
#KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #KidLit #eBooks
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
✨️KINDLE DEAL ALERT✨️
📚A History of My Weird
📚Live
and
📚Project Pony
are in a January #KindleDeal in Australia!
Deal ends 31st January. Don’t miss it!
www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+...
#KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #KidLit #eBooks
📚A History of My Weird
📚Live
and
📚Project Pony
are in a January #KindleDeal in Australia!
Deal ends 31st January. Don’t miss it!
www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+...
#KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #KidLit #eBooks
🌟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
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
December 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌟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
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
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Day 18 #greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE
Feather by Manon Stefan Ros published by @fireflypress.bsky.social
Feather by Manon Stefan Ros published by @fireflypress.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Day 18 #greatchildrensbooksadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE
Feather by Manon Stefan Ros published by @fireflypress.bsky.social
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! ✨️)
📣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! ✨️)
December 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
📣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! ✨️)
📣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
From author of #SummerReadingChallenge favourite, #MyNameisRiver
#ENTANGLED by @emmarea8.bsky.social
Coming 2nd April 2026
🇮🇹🎨
@bouncemarketing.bsky.social @readingagency.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
📕✨️ COVER REVEAL ✨️📕
From author of #SummerReadingChallenge favourite, #MyNameisRiver
#ENTANGLED by @emmarea8.bsky.social
Coming 2nd April 2026
🇮🇹🎨
@bouncemarketing.bsky.social @readingagency.bsky.social
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 🏏
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 🏏
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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 🏏
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 🏏
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Well done @fireflypress.bsky.social - we look forward to re-stocking one of our all time best sellers!
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
Modern take on The Mabinogion rescued from destruction
A modern take on the Mabinogion with 11 stories of enchanting prose, and with endorsement and a foreword by Michael Sheen, has been given a new lease of life. More than 1500 copies of hit children’s…
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December 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Well done @fireflypress.bsky.social - we look forward to re-stocking one of our all time best sellers!
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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
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
Firefly Press snaps up Welsh children’s book The MAB following Boundless collapse
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December 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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
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Day 10 #greatchildrensbookadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE brings some amazing poetry collections @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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
#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
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🌟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
#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
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
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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
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
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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
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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
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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
Help every child unwrap the #MagicOfBooks this Christmas – donate today ✨ https://bit.ly/4rk76Am
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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
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
If you're into it, read into it. Go All In. 📚️
#GoAllIn2026
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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
If you're into it, read into it. Go All In. 📚️
#GoAllIn2026
TONIGHT!!
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? 🌙📚
#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? 🌙📚
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
TONIGHT!!
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I'm very much looking forward to this event, next Friday.
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? 🌙📚
#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? 🌙📚
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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? 🌙📚
#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? 🌙📚
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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? 🌙📚
#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? 🌙📚
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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...
@fireflypress.bsky.social @gatlinperrin.bsky.social #UKYASpotlight #UKYA
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/11/10/a...
Author Interview: DIRK JONES IS NOT THE CHOSEN ONE by Gatlin Perrin
An interview with Gatlin Perrin, author of DIRK JONES IS NOT THE CHOSEN ONE
ukyaspotlight.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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...
@fireflypress.bsky.social @gatlinperrin.bsky.social #UKYASpotlight #UKYA
ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/11/10/a...
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Here's a complete list of all the children's and YA authors featured on our website. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/featured-aut... #kidlit #ukedchat
Children's authors featured on the School Reading List
A list of all the children's authors featured in our recommended fiction and nonfiction reading lists for children aged 3-16.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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
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
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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
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
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"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-...
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"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-...