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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 1d

Super chance to hear two of @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social authors @johnironmonger.bsky.social & @amylilwall.bsky.social reading from their fab climate fiction novels The Wager and the Bear & The Water That May Come. So looking forward to our couple of days in London. Bringing the 'fly' to London 🪰

Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 2d

Don't miss the #smallpublishersfair25 readings and talks on both days of the Fair. Friday's readings take place in The Green Room (2pm-5pm); Saturday's readings take place in The Library (12.30pm-5pm). All are free.

Full programme for Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/readings-2025

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 1d

📚💙 #booksky. Still time to join in!

Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 1d

"This will be...a global legend".

Join author @johnironmonger.bsky.social and @lagoonii.bsky.social for the inaugural Fly on the Wall book club!
Discussing legacies, grief, & of course, polar bears, this cli-fi novel is a treasure trove.

fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87893...

Book Club: The Wager and the Bear

Book Club Selection: The Wager and the Bear by John IronmongerGenre: Climate Fiction/Literary FictionSetting: Cornwall to Greenland, spanning 50 yearsSynopsisWhen young idealist Tom publicly humiliate...

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Lagoon Myers @lagoonii.bsky.social · 1d

Totally jazzed for Tuesday…. can you tell?

Join @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social for an exciting night unpacking a gorgeous novel spanning 80 years, striving towards a future humanity can rewild!

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 1d

"This will be...a global legend".

Join author @johnironmonger.bsky.social and @lagoonii.bsky.social for the inaugural Fly on the Wall book club!
Discussing legacies, grief, & of course, polar bears, this cli-fi novel is a treasure trove.

fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87893...

Book Club: The Wager and the Bear

Book Club Selection: The Wager and the Bear by John IronmongerGenre: Climate Fiction/Literary FictionSetting: Cornwall to Greenland, spanning 50 yearsSynopsisWhen young idealist Tom publicly humiliate...

fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io

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Jennifer Wong @jennywcreative.bsky.social · 2d

Don't miss the last two days to submit to the first-ever @foundationswift.bsky.social Woman, Mapped anthology (forthcoming from @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social 2026)! Deadline 12 Oct, 11.59pm, open call for works by UK-based women poets. Here's more: www.youtube.com/shorts/_HVes...

Rebecca Swift Foundation - 'Woman, Mapped' Anthology

YouTube video by Rebecca Swift Foundation

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 2d

One week to go! @johnironmonger.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary festival

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/10/l...

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 3d

@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social author @rgrosvenorauthor.bsky.social is off to Scotland this weekend on a tour of bookshops and signings for new novel Witchborne. Pop in to Waterstones Dundee to say hello and get your signed copy! www.waterstones.com/events/autho... 📚💙 #booksky

Author Signing: Rachel Grosvenor | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Author Signing: Rachel Grosvenor today.

www.waterstones.com

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Lou 😊 🙏 @amylilwall.bsky.social #thewaterthatmaycome #books📚💙

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 4d

"Identity, a struggle to survive against elements & disappearing of everything, including cities are well written. It poses questions about how you react to environmental consequences & can you rely on those you could before?" @loubookmarks.bsky.social

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#Review by Lou of The Water That May Come by Amy Lilwall #AmyLillwall @fly_press #TheWaterThatMayCome

The Water That May ComeBy Amy Lilwall review by Louise Cannon ★★★★★ Better late than never as they say. This book was well worth the wait as I waded through some family health issues, looking longi…

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 4d

Really 🤩 🤩 🤩 to be giving a presentation on The Process of Poetry @nawewriters.bsky.social Conference + chairing a couple of fascinating sessions #NAWEConf2025 #Inspiringwriting #Poetry #teaching #classroomresources @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing 👏 proud of you Rosanna, you're smashing it!

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 4d

Can't wait!

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 4d

Directed by @isabellekenyon.bsky.social and based in Manchester, @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social is an independent publisher of political fiction, poetry & anthologies, and winner of Small Press of the Year (North) at British Book Awards 2024. Discover their books at #smallpublishersfair25 24/25 Oct

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Northern Books @northernbooksblog.bsky.social · 5d

We've had the fantastic opportunity of interviewing the amazing @isabellekenyon.bsky.social of @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

If you want to learn how to make it in publishing and the difficulties of running a one-person publishing house give it a read!

www.northernbooks.org/post/an-inte...

An Interview with Fly On The Wall Press

An Interview with Isabelle Kenyon from Fly On The Wall Press

www.northernbooks.org

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 5d

Really great questions, thank you so much! Xx

Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 5d

Flash UK Kindle sale for The Process of Poetry!

Just 2.99 for a book 37 readers have rated as 4.5 stars?!

www.amazon.co.uk/Process-Poet...

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 9d

A busy week! Really looking forward to delivering a #free #poetry #workshop at The Rabbit Hole, a fab indie bookshop, in Brigg. Can't wait to meet local poets 😁 @caitymay16.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social #Lincolnshire #NELincs #Brigg #poets #poetrycommunity

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 9d

Submit your poems & essays for 'Woman, Mapped'

Plus our first translated novel acquisition! Introducing political thriller, 'Erased' by Miha Mazzini (Slovenian translation)

flyonthewallpress.substack.com/p/submit-you...

Submit your poems & essays for 'Woman, Mapped'

Plus our first translated novel acquisition! Introducing political thriller, 'Erased' by Miha Mazzini (Slovenian translation)

flyonthewallpress.substack.com

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 9d

Afternoon tea anyone? Join @amylilwall.bsky.social next Sunday at The Curious Cat Bookshop Frodsham for a chat about 'The Water That May Come' over cake & tea

thecuriouscatbookshop.co.uk/product/amy-... #books💙📚

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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 10d

6/11: @amylilwall.bsky.social and @johnironmonger.bsky.social will be in conversation with @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social's Isabelle Kenyon. Two outstanding speculative fiction novels dealing with climate change. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/amy-lilwal...

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 11d

Watch: TV series Families Like Ours
Due to rising sea levels, Laura and her family must navigate a nationwide evacuation of their native Denmark.

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 11d

A watching and reading pair for you!

Read: The Water That May Come by @amylilwall.bsky.social
As rising seas threaten to engulf Britain, four lives are on the brink. With sanctuary beckoning across the Channel, each faces impossible choices. Who will they save? What will they sacrifice?

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 11d

So pleased you could meet 😀

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 11d

This feels like a really timely novel, and lovely finally meeting Amy face to face 😊

Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 12d

A very happy publication day to @amylilwall.bsky.social and the emotive novel 'The Water That May Come'!

In a future where we all may become refugees, it asks: how far would you go to stay afloat?

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #clifi @inpressbooks.bsky.social

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 11d

Ah I love this!

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