Megan Farr

.@SerenBooks has appointed Bronwen Price as CEO. Price was first appointed interim CEO in January 2024, having been seconded from the Board of the independent publisher 👇 #Echobox=1746799245" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thebookseller.com/news/seren-boo…

ICYMI: Around 80% of international adults believe that British literature and academic research positively contribute towards the UK’s international reputation, according to a recent @PublishersAssoc survey 👇 #Echobox=1746800933" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thebookseller.com/news/publisher…

✨COVER REVEAL✨ THE FIVE follows a year in the interconnected lives of five very different teenagers who forge a singular bond at their secondary school in north-west Wales. Now available for pre-order: fireflypress.co.uk/books/the-five/

Are you passionate about publishing and have a love for SFF & YA books?📚✨ Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency is looking for a SFF & YA Assistant Trainee to join the team🪄 More info at the link 👇madeleinemilburn.co.uk/news/jobs/job-…

"Refreshingly different voices" We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward, given annually to author and editor of the year's outstanding debut novel for children & young people. #writing #editing branfordboaseaward.org.uk/shortlist-2025/

Celebrate St David's Day watching a really great film Gwlad Bardd with Rhys Iorwerth travelling across Wales meeting Welsh language poets, talking about the rich and varied poetry scenes across our beautiful country. Available with subtitles. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0k…

And our overall winner is… The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods by @MisterPlease! Never has such a beautifully illustrated book been such a disgusting joy to read! Kids and booksellers love Rene, Glumfoot and the whole cast of characters. Find them here: waterstones.com/the-waterstone…

'Harrowing, poetic, hilarious and tragic, this is a strikingly memorable contemporary YA novel.' The @guardian Vanishing Edge by Zillah Bethell included in The Guardian's Children’s and teens roundup 🌟 Read more: theguardian.com/books/2025/mar…

📣 Submissions for Issue 002 are Open! The theme for this issue is 'Speak to Me' 💬 We're inviting writers, translators and visual artists to explore language and the myriad ways we communicate with one another. foldingrock.com/submit-your-wo…

Small Press of the Year Regional & Country Winner for Wales is @serenbooks! Seren is overdue reward for its support of English-language literature from Wales over more than 40 years. Congratulations! Find out more here: bit.ly/4bHkXco #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies

Introducing our Small Press of the Year Regional & Country Winners 🎉 Regional but with a national focus, commercial yet value-led, intentional but flexible, these businesses do the hard-yards on behalf of their writers, while building brands and recruiting readers for the future, says Philip Jones See the thread below for each winner 👇#BritishBookAwards #Nibbies

Huge congratulations to @lcpalmerpoet who has been longlisted for The Carnegie Medal for Writing with his second novel, Play #Carnegies25 Play is an intensely gripping & masterly YA novel of boyhood, modern-day masculinity and innocence lost Available from your local bookshop!

We are proud to share the #Carnegies2025 shortlists, that were revealed this afternoon at @londonbookfair 📖✨ Congratulations to the wonderful authors and illustrators who brought these exceptional stories to life. 💫 Read the full announcement: 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/2025-shortlist…

Huge congratulations ⁦@lcpalmerpoet⁩ on your ⁦@CarnegieMedals⁩ shortlisting with Play 🤩🤩what an awesome achievement and so well deserved 🎉🎉📚

"England, Scotland and Ireland have Granta, Gutter and The Stinging Fly respectively as periodicals synonymous with their best and brightest authorial stars of the future. Wales now has Folding Rock." foldingrock.com/issue-001-edit…

It's here! The day we've been waiting for - the first issue of Folding Rock is officially out of our heads and loose in the wild. We hope that you enjoy reading 'Roots' as much as we've enjoyed making it. Read the editorial from Issue 001 here: foldingrock.com/issue-001-edit…

Does na ddim byd heb stori! Dyma Arwel👋 Head of Publishing Development at @Books_Wales! Thanks to increased funding from @LlywodraethCym @WelshGovernment, @LlyfrauCymru can continue supporting our vibrant publishing sector📚 ➡️gov.wales/significant-fu… ➡️llyw.cymru/cadarnhau-cynn…

I'm deeply grateful to be shortlisted for the Ruth Rendell Award! I pour my all into creating, communicating and celebrating the power of reading and writing to improve and save our lives! Thank you for recognising my efforts and congratulations to everyone on the list. 📚😁

It's that time of year again!🎉 Thrilled to be a #BritishBookAwards country finalist for Small Press of the Year. We're in some superb company. Llongyfarchiadau to @SerenBooks, Parthian, @GwasgRilyBooks, @LucentDreaming, @brokensleep and @graffeg_books

Hay Festival and Folding Rock are joining forces! Excited to announce that we're the official media partner to the @hayfestival Writers at Work programme 2025. Writers: applications for this game-changing opportunity are open now. We'll see you there...