A fabulously spooky middle grade mystery, my review of Delores Mackenzie and the Dead of Winter by Yvonne Banham 👻 Out 08/10 from @fireflypress.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/07/16/d...

Delores Mackenzie and the Dead of Winter (DM3) by Yvonne Banham

Cover artwork by Nathan Collins While there are some middle grades that it seems like everyone has read or as least has a copy sitting on their shelf, there are some that I feel are sadly neglected…

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Independent children’s and YA publisher @fireflypress.bsky.social has acquired children’s book Shelby and O’Hare: Pop Went the Weasel by Emer Stamp. 👇

Firefly Press to publish Emer Stamp’s ‘fun and addictive’ children’s book

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🌟KINDLE DEAL ALERT🌟 Major and Mynah Blackfin Sky Grimstink and Flame Chasers ...are all in an Australian Kindle Deal this month. #KindleDeals #KidLit #eBooks www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+... @munkeypants.bsky.social @katelliswrites.bsky.social @idanielpeak.bsky.social @juliepike.bsky.social

🌟UK KINDLE DEAL ALERT🌟 Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins is in a Kindle Deal this month! Deal ends 14th July. Don’t miss it! #KindleDeals #KidLit #eBooks www.amazon.co.uk/Giants-Ghost... @clairefayers.bsky.social

Today's review...'Questers Academy: The Box of Locks' by Sam Hay @fireflypress.bsky.social Great adventure! #KidLitUK www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/questers-academy-the-box-of-locks

Questers Academy: The Box of Locks — Through the Bookshelf

When Tom witnesses something strange on his way to the Natural History Museum, he has no idea that his talent as a ‘super-recogniser’, someone who can recall faces in great detail, will lead him into ...

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🌟KINDLE DEAL ALERT🌟 📚Michael the Amazing Mind-Reading Sausage Dog 📚 Michael the Incredible Super-Sleuth Sausage Dog @cowfishdreams.bsky.social and 📚The Song That Sings Us by Nicola Davies are now in a Prime Month #KindleDeal! Deal ends 17th June. Don’t miss it! www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=firefly+...

Half term hols. Always a prompt to think about something new to entertain the family in coming weeks. How about some imagination and interactive sessions with top children's authors on 14th June? Here's @rhiannonoliver.bsky.social! 👀 @fireflypress.bsky.social montylitfest.com?page_id=9451

The Empathy Day Festival 4 -11 June with @empathylabuk.bsky.social JUMP into someone else’s story with a FREE week-long Festival offering education settings, bookshops, libraries, community groups and families worldwide fun and inspiring activities which build real life empathy through stories.

KINDLE DEAL ALERT 📚Dirk Jones Is NOT the Chosen One 📚 This Dark Heart and 📚The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores Mackenzie are in a #KindleDeal in Australia until 31st May. Don't miss it! www.amazon.com.au/s?k=firefly+... @eviewriter.bsky.social @gatlinperrin.bsky.social @zeenagos.bsky.social

Something for teenage readers from the Children's Laureate for Wales, Nicola Davies Set in a world where animals and humans can share thoughts, "Skrimsli" is full of excitement and danger in a world of challenges Tickets and Ts&Cs at montylitfest.com?page_id=9558 @fireflypress.bsky.social

2026 Mini Fest: 1.45pm Nicola Davies

Hear from the author of Skrimsli and The Song That Sings Us, Nicola Davies, Children’s Laureate Wales.

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✨️KINDLE DEAL ALERT✨️ The Candleman by Catherine Fisher is in an Australian Kindle deal this month. Grab it quick for just $3.89! Deal ends on 31st May. www.amazon.com.au/Candleman-Ca... #KindleDeals #AustraliaKindleDeal #KidLit #eBooks #TheCandleman

Thank you @fireflypress.bsky.social and Eloise Williams for this proof. I’m excited to head back to 1970s Wales, because I was actually there!

#BookReview: ENTANGLED by Emma Rea @fireflypress.bsky.social #MiddleGradeMonday #UKMG sifaelizabethreads.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/a...

ARC Review: ENTANGLED by Emma Rea (Middle Grade Monday)

An adventure across Venice with great representation

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✨️KINDLE DEAL ALERT✨️ Crater Lake Evolution by Jennifer Killick is in a UK #KindleDeal this month! Grab it for just £1.79 before the deal ends on 31st May! www.amazon.co.uk/Crater-Lake-... #UKKindleDeals #KidLit #eBooks #CraterLake

Great to arrive home to this treat from @rhiannonoliver.bsky.social @chrisriddell.bsky.social and @fireflypress.bsky.social . Perfect weekend reading!

Whoop! Excited to read this! 🎉 @rhiannonoliver.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social Chris Riddell

Today's review...'Fresh' @rhiannonoliver.bsky.social illustrated by Chris Riddell @fireflypress.bsky.social A wonderfully wonderful collection of poems! #KidLitUK www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/fres...

Fresh — Through the Bookshelf

Keep finding beginnings and open your heart- Each moment’s a chance to make a fresh start. ‘Fresh’ is a wonderful collection of poems, bursting with the joys of life, love and laughter. There a...

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#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Chris Riddell from Rhiannon Oliver's collection of poems, Fresh. Firefly Press 9 April. Deceptively cute baby penguin, illustrating ickiness: 'The Penguin Fact' reveals that penguins regurgitate food for their young. @chrisriddell.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social

Huge thanks to everyone who came along to the #Entangled launch event last night, #EmmaRea 's stunning Venetian adventure will be available from bookshops and libraries next week! 📚📖🇮🇹

Llongyfarchiadau, congratulations to Karen Owen and #MajorandMynahProjectPuffin – shortlisted for the Tir na n-Og Awards, English Language category 2026!! 🐧📕⁠ ⁠ Available now from your local bookshop or library 📚️⁠ ⁠ #TNNO50 #MajorandMynah

It’s North Wales, 1980s and a Northern Soul nightclub at the end of the pier. I read Wonderland by Patience Agbabi in one sitting: loved the immersive feel of this YA verse novel and the voice of the main character. It’s so vividly told I felt I was there! @fireflypress.bsky.social

Lovely to receive my copy of Catherine Fisher’s The Candleman, part of @fireflypress.bsky.social’s Classics from Wales series. It was a real pleasure to write the introduction for this one! If you haven’t read it, it’s an ideal gift for young (and older!) fantasy readers! 🕯️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The Library of Lost Stories by @eloisewilliams.bsky.social went straight to the top of my reading pile.This is a story about the power of stories, communities & friendships; how stories shape both us & the places we live in. It will stay with me for a long time. @fireflypress.bsky.social

How are we celebrating the #NationalYearofReading2026? 📚 Funded author visits for 2026 📚 Firefly Book Club 📚 Book boxes for schools and libraries 📚 Themed reading packs For more info, head to: www.fireflypress.co.uk/nationalyearofreading/ #readingforpleasure

✨KINDLE DEAL UK✨ Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick is in a UK #KindleDeal this month! Grab it for just £1.99 before the deal ends on 31st March! #KindleDeals #UKKindleDeal #KidLit #eBooks #funnybooks #SpookyBooks #middlegradebooks #CraterLake www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B084...

Poetry collections from @fireflypress.bsky.social are always brilliant and Fresh by @rhiannonoliver.bsky.social is no exception! Full of lively poems about friendship, kindness and the natural world and what a treat: striking illustrations by Chris Ridell. Pub. 9th April Highly Recommended!

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...

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Check out Live - <p>Year Thirteen pupil George is passionate about his band and his music, even if the three other band members are a little more laid back about it. They play for all their friends pa...

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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!

Dirk Jones Is NOT the Chosen One

Check out Dirk Jones Is NOT the Chosen One - <p>Dirk isn’t the chosen one. Not even close. So how did they end up in the middle of a potential apocalypse? </p> <p>All Dirk wanted was to escape anothe...

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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/