Breakthrough Books
@breakthroughbook.bsky.social
An award-winning indie publisher putting creatives and readers first, with lovingly made, quality books… and a fair deal! E-shop now open on our website!
https://www.breakthroughbookcollective.com
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We couldn’t be more delighted that
Figgles & Flo, so sensitively written by Antonia Blackmore, beautifully illustrated by Sarah P Sharpe and created for the charity Families in Grief has been named a Finalist in the Little Peeps Award by Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media.
#kidlit #chlidrensbooks
Figgles & Flo, so sensitively written by Antonia Blackmore, beautifully illustrated by Sarah P Sharpe and created for the charity Families in Grief has been named a Finalist in the Little Peeps Award by Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media.
#kidlit #chlidrensbooks
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
We couldn’t be more delighted that
Figgles & Flo, so sensitively written by Antonia Blackmore, beautifully illustrated by Sarah P Sharpe and created for the charity Families in Grief has been named a Finalist in the Little Peeps Award by Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media.
#kidlit #chlidrensbooks
Figgles & Flo, so sensitively written by Antonia Blackmore, beautifully illustrated by Sarah P Sharpe and created for the charity Families in Grief has been named a Finalist in the Little Peeps Award by Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media.
#kidlit #chlidrensbooks
Well this is just as it should be! We are tickled pink to see the uniquely brilliant Two Similar-Looking Men With Umbilical Hernias on the shortlist for Satire and Humour in the CIBAs!
#humorousfiction #shortlistedbook #comedywriting
@zenabarrie.bsky.social
#humorousfiction #shortlistedbook #comedywriting
@zenabarrie.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Well this is just as it should be! We are tickled pink to see the uniquely brilliant Two Similar-Looking Men With Umbilical Hernias on the shortlist for Satire and Humour in the CIBAs!
#humorousfiction #shortlistedbook #comedywriting
@zenabarrie.bsky.social
#humorousfiction #shortlistedbook #comedywriting
@zenabarrie.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Hannah's Bookshelf 📖 for her review of 🔥 The Fire In Their Eyes 🔥 by Stephanie Bretherton on North Manchester Radio 1066 FM!
“THOUGHT-PROVOKING and COMPELLING in its scope.”
“ENGAGING characters that feel very real, very flawed, and most importantly, very human.”
#bookreview
“THOUGHT-PROVOKING and COMPELLING in its scope.”
“ENGAGING characters that feel very real, very flawed, and most importantly, very human.”
#bookreview
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Huge thanks to Hannah's Bookshelf 📖 for her review of 🔥 The Fire In Their Eyes 🔥 by Stephanie Bretherton on North Manchester Radio 1066 FM!
“THOUGHT-PROVOKING and COMPELLING in its scope.”
“ENGAGING characters that feel very real, very flawed, and most importantly, very human.”
#bookreview
“THOUGHT-PROVOKING and COMPELLING in its scope.”
“ENGAGING characters that feel very real, very flawed, and most importantly, very human.”
#bookreview
We are incredibly grateful for another fantastic year, and would like to wish everyone a very happy 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We are incredibly grateful for another fantastic year, and would like to wish everyone a very happy 2026!
2025 also saw us open our webshop, a fantastic and ethical way to support indie business, plus our children’s book for the charity Families in Grief, Figgles & Flo was longlisted for a Chanticleer Award, and in December we started posting free short stories on our new Substack!
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
2025 also saw us open our webshop, a fantastic and ethical way to support indie business, plus our children’s book for the charity Families in Grief, Figgles & Flo was longlisted for a Chanticleer Award, and in December we started posting free short stories on our new Substack!
And last but not least for book launches, Optimal Leadership, our first business book by “serial CEO” Wilf Blackburn sprang out the gates to lead the way in indispensable guides for taking the reins with ethics, wisdom and ingenuity. But wait, there’s more.
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
And last but not least for book launches, Optimal Leadership, our first business book by “serial CEO” Wilf Blackburn sprang out the gates to lead the way in indispensable guides for taking the reins with ethics, wisdom and ingenuity. But wait, there’s more.
Soon after that was The Fire In Their Eyes, book two in Stephanie’s Children Of Sarah series, an eco-thriller set in both prehistory and present day, which only went and won one Award and is shortlisted for another! Cue some popping corks.
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Soon after that was The Fire In Their Eyes, book two in Stephanie’s Children Of Sarah series, an eco-thriller set in both prehistory and present day, which only went and won one Award and is shortlisted for another! Cue some popping corks.
Next came a work of hilarious originality, Two Men With Similar Looking Umbilical Hernias from the sightly twisted yet all the way brilliant mind of Zena Barrie. This collection of surreal but sharply observant short stories received all the love it was very much due.
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Next came a work of hilarious originality, Two Men With Similar Looking Umbilical Hernias from the sightly twisted yet all the way brilliant mind of Zena Barrie. This collection of surreal but sharply observant short stories received all the love it was very much due.
And then the launch of The Dream-Pedlar’s Parade hot on its heels, a mega new quest for the sands of time by young Krish, this time in the amazing steampunk world of Knock Thrice.
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
And then the launch of The Dream-Pedlar’s Parade hot on its heels, a mega new quest for the sands of time by young Krish, this time in the amazing steampunk world of Knock Thrice.
Then it was another re-issue, this time The Boy Who Stole Time by Mark Bowsher, first in his Myrthali series of thrilling YA fantasies.
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Then it was another re-issue, this time The Boy Who Stole Time by Mark Bowsher, first in his Myrthali series of thrilling YA fantasies.
2025 kicked off with the re-issue of Bone Lines, the first book of the Children Of Sarah series by Stephanie Bretherton, a Kindle bestselling dual timeline work of speculative fiction, now signed to Breakthrough ahead of the second book due later in the year.
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
2025 kicked off with the re-issue of Bone Lines, the first book of the Children Of Sarah series by Stephanie Bretherton, a Kindle bestselling dual timeline work of speculative fiction, now signed to Breakthrough ahead of the second book due later in the year.
What a year! Six books, one award win, a new webshop and a few free short stories on our Substack!
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves…
#HappyNewYear #YearInReview #ThankYou #BookLife
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves…
#HappyNewYear #YearInReview #ThankYou #BookLife
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What a year! Six books, one award win, a new webshop and a few free short stories on our Substack!
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves…
#HappyNewYear #YearInReview #ThankYou #BookLife
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves…
#HappyNewYear #YearInReview #ThankYou #BookLife
a much admired “artistic” mystery, a beloved children’s book about cherishing memories, some hilarious stories that might cause the spitting out of Christmas pud, a wild ride through the ancient and modern Middle East (including Bethlehem!) or some fantastic dip-in-and-out short story collections?
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
a much admired “artistic” mystery, a beloved children’s book about cherishing memories, some hilarious stories that might cause the spitting out of Christmas pud, a wild ride through the ancient and modern Middle East (including Bethlehem!) or some fantastic dip-in-and-out short story collections?
Oh come on, it’s not #Christmas without #books as gifts?
And if you’re doing the right thing by the ones you love, why not support ethical indie businesses, while also getting a fantastic read?
Whether that’s an award-winning literary thriller, YA fantasy with brilliant world building…
And if you’re doing the right thing by the ones you love, why not support ethical indie businesses, while also getting a fantastic read?
Whether that’s an award-winning literary thriller, YA fantasy with brilliant world building…
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Oh come on, it’s not #Christmas without #books as gifts?
And if you’re doing the right thing by the ones you love, why not support ethical indie businesses, while also getting a fantastic read?
Whether that’s an award-winning literary thriller, YA fantasy with brilliant world building…
And if you’re doing the right thing by the ones you love, why not support ethical indie businesses, while also getting a fantastic read?
Whether that’s an award-winning literary thriller, YA fantasy with brilliant world building…
Lovely to see Nicole Swengley and The Portrait Girl getting the attention they so deserve in Round & About magazine.
Huge thanks to Liz Nicholls for this lovely piece!
#AuthorInterview #MysteryThriller #Victoriana #ArtWorld #BookClubRead
Huge thanks to Liz Nicholls for this lovely piece!
#AuthorInterview #MysteryThriller #Victoriana #ArtWorld #BookClubRead
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Lovely to see Nicole Swengley and The Portrait Girl getting the attention they so deserve in Round & About magazine.
Huge thanks to Liz Nicholls for this lovely piece!
#AuthorInterview #MysteryThriller #Victoriana #ArtWorld #BookClubRead
Huge thanks to Liz Nicholls for this lovely piece!
#AuthorInterview #MysteryThriller #Victoriana #ArtWorld #BookClubRead
We are delighted to announce that our children’s book, Figgles & Flo, has been long listed for the Little Peeps category of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.
#Books #ChildrensBooks #PictureBook #KidLit #BooksWorthReading #CharityBook #Longlisted
#Books #ChildrensBooks #PictureBook #KidLit #BooksWorthReading #CharityBook #Longlisted
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We are delighted to announce that our children’s book, Figgles & Flo, has been long listed for the Little Peeps category of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.
#Books #ChildrensBooks #PictureBook #KidLit #BooksWorthReading #CharityBook #Longlisted
#Books #ChildrensBooks #PictureBook #KidLit #BooksWorthReading #CharityBook #Longlisted
After some bone-chilling reading for #halloween? Breakthrough has some seriously #spooky offerings from some dangerously imaginative authors…
#HappyHalloween #SpookySeason #HalloweenReading #Books #Bookstagram #BooksWorthReading
#HappyHalloween #SpookySeason #HalloweenReading #Books #Bookstagram #BooksWorthReading
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
After some bone-chilling reading for #halloween? Breakthrough has some seriously #spooky offerings from some dangerously imaginative authors…
#HappyHalloween #SpookySeason #HalloweenReading #Books #Bookstagram #BooksWorthReading
#HappyHalloween #SpookySeason #HalloweenReading #Books #Bookstagram #BooksWorthReading
To mark the first #bookbirthday of The Portrait Girl by Nicole Swengley, the e-book is now at the very special price of 99p (on both Amazon and our own website) for a limited time! Why not help us celebrate and load your #Kindle with what the FT described as “a thoroughly engaging mystery”!
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
To mark the first #bookbirthday of The Portrait Girl by Nicole Swengley, the e-book is now at the very special price of 99p (on both Amazon and our own website) for a limited time! Why not help us celebrate and load your #Kindle with what the FT described as “a thoroughly engaging mystery”!
Book lovers in and around the Rugby area, do not miss the Rugby Literary Festival this weekend, but especially the spoken word evening hosted by Word Of Mouth this Friday. A range of fantastic performers will be on stage including our own @zenabarrie.bsky.social!
#Books #LiteraryFestival
#Books #LiteraryFestival
October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Book lovers in and around the Rugby area, do not miss the Rugby Literary Festival this weekend, but especially the spoken word evening hosted by Word Of Mouth this Friday. A range of fantastic performers will be on stage including our own @zenabarrie.bsky.social!
#Books #LiteraryFestival
#Books #LiteraryFestival
So who are we, what makes us different and why support an award-winning, #indiepublisher - or more importantly, our authors? 🧵
September 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So who are we, what makes us different and why support an award-winning, #indiepublisher - or more importantly, our authors? 🧵
We love seeing our books out in the wild no matter where they are but it’s fantastic to see them in a library, especially one which will send the book to any of the libraries in the Borough if it’s ordered!
#LoveYourLibrary #SupportLibraries #LibraryLife #BookLife #Books
#LoveYourLibrary #SupportLibraries #LibraryLife #BookLife #Books
September 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We love seeing our books out in the wild no matter where they are but it’s fantastic to see them in a library, especially one which will send the book to any of the libraries in the Borough if it’s ordered!
#LoveYourLibrary #SupportLibraries #LibraryLife #BookLife #Books
#LoveYourLibrary #SupportLibraries #LibraryLife #BookLife #Books
Fresh off the back of being recommended by @robinince.bsky.social, today’s #BookQW is taken from the short story anthology Two Similar Looking Men With Umbilical Hernias by @zenabarrie.bsky.social, and is a prime example of her ability to combine the absurd and the existential to masterful effect.
September 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fresh off the back of being recommended by @robinince.bsky.social, today’s #BookQW is taken from the short story anthology Two Similar Looking Men With Umbilical Hernias by @zenabarrie.bsky.social, and is a prime example of her ability to combine the absurd and the existential to masterful effect.
It is great to see The Portrait Girl and Nicole Swengley included in the Success Stories on the Cornerstones website. She is certainly one of ours, with The Portrait Girl described as “a thoroughly engaging mystery” by the FT!
#Mystery #Thriller #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #LiteraryFiction #LitFic
#Mystery #Thriller #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #LiteraryFiction #LitFic
September 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It is great to see The Portrait Girl and Nicole Swengley included in the Success Stories on the Cornerstones website. She is certainly one of ours, with The Portrait Girl described as “a thoroughly engaging mystery” by the FT!
#Mystery #Thriller #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #LiteraryFiction #LitFic
#Mystery #Thriller #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #LiteraryFiction #LitFic
🎉🎉🎉 Huge congratulations to @brethertonwords.bsky.social for being recognised by the Chanticleer Global Thriller Awards and for winning the Medical Thriller category in the NYC Big Book Awards! Needless to say we are… thrilled! 🥳🍾
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress
September 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Huge congratulations to @brethertonwords.bsky.social for being recognised by the Chanticleer Global Thriller Awards and for winning the Medical Thriller category in the NYC Big Book Awards! Needless to say we are… thrilled! 🥳🍾
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress