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Christmas Presents for Young Book Lovers
Christmas is on the horizon and for parents that often means one thing – Christmas shopping! Some kids may be asking for shiny new toys, others may...
Halloween at home: Ten tricks and treats by Sharon Marie Jones
This year there will be no big Halloween parties or Trick-or-Treating – Boooo-Hoooo! But Halloween at home can be great fun too ... with...
The Best Scary Children’s Books for Halloween
Halloween is one of the best times of the year to be a kid – trick or treating, fancy costumes, plenty of sweeties and some spooky ghost stories....
The Best Cheltenham Children’s Literature Festival Events
The Cheltenham Literature Festival is a much-loved annual event that sees a host of talented writers and illustrators share their much-loved stories...
Roald Dahl Day Activity Ideas
There’s less than a week to go until Roald Dahl Day 2020 and we’re counting down the days here at Firefly Press HQ. Roald Dahl would have been 96...
The Best Edinburgh Book Festival Children’s Events 2020
"Sadly, this is the first year in many that neither I, nor Firefly will be involved directly. So, in spirit it will have to be, which is completely...
Five (and a half) Rules for Writing for Children by Robin Bennett
OUT 18 FEBRUARY 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVoU509O1vw Monster Max and the Bobble Hat of Forgetting author, Robin Bennett, shares his...
2020 Submissions Window Announcement
We are very excited to announce that we will be holding a submissions window
Perfect Place for a Plot: Writing Too Dark to See by Chloë Heuch
Too Dark to See by Chloë Heuch is a beautifully written coming of age YA novel that perfectly captures the intensity of being a...
Firefly Celebrates Empathy Day 2020: Read Connect Act
In recent weeks we’ve all seen how empathy is more important than ever, to help us listen to and understand others, enable us to help those in need,...
The Importance of Baking Cupcakes by Anna Mainwaring
On 2 April my first novel, Rebel with a Cupcake, is being reissued by Firefly Press with a beautiful new cover by Niki Pilkington. It’s about a...
Writing The Darkness for Young Adult Novella Collection Three Strikes
by Lucy Christoper This was a lovely project to be involved with. Here my novella, THE DARKNESS, is part of a collection of three darker-themed...
To celebrate Crater Lake, Leonie looks back at sci-fi with Firefly
by Leonie Lock (Bookseller and Firefly Intern) Join Lance and his friends Katja, Chet and Maksym on their spooky school trip to Crater Lake....
Chanukah and teenage homelessness by Miriam Halahmy
Miriam Halamy It’s the time of year when everyone is thinking about festivals of light which give a warm glow...
On celebrating family and kindness this Christmas by Jennifer Killick
The concept for Alex Sparrow and the Zumbie Apocalypse struck before the first Alex Sparrow book was even published, and I remember, four...