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Megan Farr

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Lecturer in Publishing @BathSpaUni PhD candidate @UWTSD Mentor @SYP_UK Director @SerenBooks Loves books & languages.

Cardiff, Wales
Joined January 2009
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@thebookseller
The Bookseller
8 months
.@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 👇
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Seren Books has appointed Bronwen Price as CEO.
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@thebookseller
The Bookseller
8 months
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 👇
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Around 80% of international adults believe that British literature and academic research positively contribute towards the UK’s international reputation, according to a recent PA survey.
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@FireflyPress
Firefly Press
9 months
✨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: https://t.co/tfnqZQ8wEd
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@MMLitAgency
Madeleine Milburn Agency
9 months
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 👇 https://t.co/4aLgHVPcaE
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@BranfordBoase
Branford Boase Award
9 months
"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 https://t.co/WqUHeFtF35
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@clare_potter
clare e. potter
11 months
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.
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Ffilm ddogfen sy'n dilyn hynt y bardd Rhys Iorwerth wrth iddo deithio Cymru a thu hwnt ...
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@Waterstones
Waterstones
10 months
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: https://t.co/AldM4SZ9iG
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@FireflyPress
Firefly Press
10 months
'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: https://t.co/D7i37V9mxZ
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@FoldingRockMag
Folding Rock Magazine
10 months
📣 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. https://t.co/EpoB8kZnzm
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@thebookseller
The Bookseller
10 months
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: https://t.co/1XjsibFNuN #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies
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@thebookseller
The Bookseller
10 months
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
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@FireflyPress
Firefly Press
11 months
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!
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@CarnegieMedals
The Carnegies
10 months
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: 🔗 https://t.co/qiPUyiQA3G
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@FireflyPress
Firefly Press
10 months
Huge congratulations ⁦@lcpalmerpoet⁩ on your ⁦@CarnegieMedals⁩ shortlisting with Play 🤩🤩what an awesome achievement and so well deserved 🎉🎉📚
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@FoldingRockMag
Folding Rock Magazine
11 months
"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." https://t.co/KaXJ9IgGwN
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The editors introduce the inaugural issue.
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@FoldingRockMag
Folding Rock Magazine
11 months
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: https://t.co/KaXJ9IgGwN
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@DiwylliantCymru
Welsh Gov Culture | Diwylliant Llywodraeth Cymru
11 months
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📚 ➡️ https://t.co/5aW8JDpfYD ➡️ https://t.co/bWOYOWjR9l
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@alexwhartonpoet
Alex Wharton
11 months
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. 📚😁
@Literacy_Trust
National Literacy Trust
11 months
The shortlist for this year's Ruth Rendell Award with @ALCS_UK has landed! 🌟 Congratulations to all seven of the amazing shortlisted authors who inspire children and adults across the UK and support their literacy development. Stay tuned for the winner on 20 February...
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@FireflyPress
Firefly Press
11 months
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
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@FoldingRockMag
Folding Rock Magazine
1 year
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...
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