Firefly acquires YA and children’s titles

Welsh publisher Firefly has acquired a host of new children’s and YA titles for 2015. In the YA category, the publisher has acquired The Territory by Sarah Govett, a fantasy thriller set in a Britain where most of the land is flooded, and The Boy Who Drew the Future by Rhian Ivory, about two boys trying to escape the past of their village, which was once renowned for witchcraft. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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