@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
A gorgeous YA title from our @fireflypress.bsky.social table!
Live by Luke Palmer is a story about dealing with grief and loss, about rebuilding yourself and finding who your true friends are.
Available in store and online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/live...
Kaden's Weekly Recommendations!
Week Ninety Six: Dirk Jones is Not the Chosen One by Gatlin Perrin
Available in store and online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/dirk...
Can be found on our @fireflypress.bsky.social table!
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/
KINDLE DEAL ALERT✨️
For one day only, Call Me Lion is in a #KindleDailyDeal in Australia. Grab it quick!
Deal runs on 3rd Feb 2026 only.
#KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #KidLit #eBooks
www.amazon.com.au/Call-Me-Lion...
One of our recent junior reader boxes featured this snailtastic story by Terrie Chilvers! A hilarious adventure in which two unlikely snail heroes must save the day, along with our tailor-made activity pack all about gastropods!
#kidsbooksubscription #BookSky @fireflypress.bsky.social
Books from @fireflypress.bsky.social
that I’m really looking forward to reading in the coming weeks…
I loved Cathy Faulkner’s verse novel Digging For Victory so I can’t wait to read this one set after WW1 exploring the aftermath it’s had in the village it is set. It centres around the search for stained-glass window from the church, that was hid during the war. @fireflypress.bsky.social
31.01.2026 10:57 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
This one of the first two in a new Firefly Classics series, a re-issuing of classic Welsh writing. I am a huge Catherine Fisher fan. Her storytelling is superb and this one I’ve yet to read is a spooky tale steeped in folklore set on the Gwent levels. @fireflypress.bsky.social
31.01.2026 10:59 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
This is the second in the new Firefly Classics series for YA readers. It won the 2002 Tir na n-Og award and is about Georgie, 14yrs old, who hasn’t spoken in years. It’s raw, hopeful, uplifting story about mental health and the power of care and kindness. @fireflypress.bsky.social
31.01.2026 11:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
I’m drawn to Entangled by Emma Rea as I do love a mystery and this one is set in carnival-filled streets of Venice. Think this is right up my street! @fireflypress.bsky.social
31.01.2026 11:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
8. The Treasure Seekers by Cathy Faulkner
Another gorgeous middle-grade verse novel, set in the aftermath of WW1, following two children from different backgrounds grappling with grief and loss and trying to restore a beloved stained glass window.
Published 5th Feb @fireflypress.bsky.social
Today's review...'The Treasure Seekers' by Cathy Faulkner @fireflypress.bsky.social Out on the 5th February, this is such an enjoyable read!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/the-treasure-seekers
✨️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+...
Cover of Grimstink by Jack Brougham showing Grimstink and Layla with Reece and Siddarius behind them.
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
18.01.2026 19:45 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0✨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
✨️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
🌟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!
15.12.2025 17:32 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Some 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
12.12.2025 21:09 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Day 10 #greatchildrensbookadventcalendar from Annie Everall OBE brings some amazing poetry collections @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
10.12.2025 19:18 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0🌟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
28.11.2025 07:26 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A boy reads to his mum and pet dog sitting on a bed. In the background there is snow falling outside the window.
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
