Breakthrough Books
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An award-winning indie publisher putting creatives and readers first, with lovingly made, quality books… and a fair deal! E-shop now open on our website!
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🎉🎉🎉 Huge congratulations to @brethertonwords.bsky.social for being recognised by the Chanticleer Global Thriller Awards and for winning the Medical Thriller category in the NYC Big Book Awards! Needless to say we are… thrilled! 🥳🍾
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress
After some bone-chilling reading for #halloween? Breakthrough has some seriously #spooky offerings from some dangerously imaginative authors…
#HappyHalloween #SpookySeason #HalloweenReading #Books #Bookstagram #BooksWorthReading
#HappyHalloween #SpookySeason #HalloweenReading #Books #Bookstagram #BooksWorthReading
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
After some bone-chilling reading for #halloween? Breakthrough has some seriously #spooky offerings from some dangerously imaginative authors…
#HappyHalloween #SpookySeason #HalloweenReading #Books #Bookstagram #BooksWorthReading
#HappyHalloween #SpookySeason #HalloweenReading #Books #Bookstagram #BooksWorthReading
#ICYMI, the e-book of Nicole’s Swengley’s “thoroughly engaging mystery”(FT) The Portrait Girl is now only 99p for a limited time in celebration of its birthday!
An ideal #bookclub read, this is for fans of #art, design, #Victoriana and contemporary female sleuths…
An ideal #bookclub read, this is for fans of #art, design, #Victoriana and contemporary female sleuths…
To mark the first #bookbirthday of The Portrait Girl by Nicole Swengley, the e-book is now at the very special price of 99p (on both Amazon and our own website) for a limited time! Why not help us celebrate and load your #Kindle with what the FT described as “a thoroughly engaging mystery”!
October 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#ICYMI, the e-book of Nicole’s Swengley’s “thoroughly engaging mystery”(FT) The Portrait Girl is now only 99p for a limited time in celebration of its birthday!
An ideal #bookclub read, this is for fans of #art, design, #Victoriana and contemporary female sleuths…
An ideal #bookclub read, this is for fans of #art, design, #Victoriana and contemporary female sleuths…
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Thanks @brethertonwords.bsky.social and @womenwritersnet.bsky.social for a great #AuthorInterview. The hour passed in a flash as usual. It was hard to keep up. Stephanie, you did a great job.
Q6 Where can we find out more about you and “The Fire In Their Eyes”?
#WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @brethertonwords.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social
#WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @brethertonwords.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thanks @brethertonwords.bsky.social and @womenwritersnet.bsky.social for a great #AuthorInterview. The hour passed in a flash as usual. It was hard to keep up. Stephanie, you did a great job.
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Welcome to our #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview series. Today, we're chatting with Stephanie Bretherton, author of the recently published novel, "The Fire In Their Eyes". @brethertonwords.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Welcome to our #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview series. Today, we're chatting with Stephanie Bretherton, author of the recently published novel, "The Fire In Their Eyes". @brethertonwords.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social
Final reminder! #AuthorInterview hosted by @womenwritersnet.bsky.social and @valeriavescina.bsky.social begins in less than an hour! #BookTalk
Join us today at 6pm BST for our next #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview. @valeriavescina.bsky.social will interview @brethertonwords.bsky.social about her award-winning new novel, The Fire In Their Eyes @breakthroughbook.bsky.social
Come join us and get your questions ready.
Come join us and get your questions ready.
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Final reminder! #AuthorInterview hosted by @womenwritersnet.bsky.social and @valeriavescina.bsky.social begins in less than an hour! #BookTalk
We can’t wait for tomorrow night’s #AuthorInterview hosted by @womenwritersnet.bsky.social and @valeriavescina.bsky.social with our own @brethertonwords.bsky.social. Please do join us on here this Thursday (23rd Oct), 6pm GMT.
Another #AuthorInterview in our #WomenWritersNet series taking place this Thursday, 23 Oct. 6pm GST. @valeriavescina.bsky.social will interview @brethertonwords.bsky.social about her award-winning new novel, The Fire In Their Eyes @breakthroughbook.bsky.social
Come join us!
Come join us!
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We can’t wait for tomorrow night’s #AuthorInterview hosted by @womenwritersnet.bsky.social and @valeriavescina.bsky.social with our own @brethertonwords.bsky.social. Please do join us on here this Thursday (23rd Oct), 6pm GMT.
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Excited to be interviewing Stephanie @brethertonwords.bsky.social for our next #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview.
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
⏰ 6pm BST
📚The Fire In Their Eyes
@breakthroughbook.bsky.social
Everyone welcome to join in the Q&A.
Do share with anyone who might be interested!
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
⏰ 6pm BST
📚The Fire In Their Eyes
@breakthroughbook.bsky.social
Everyone welcome to join in the Q&A.
Do share with anyone who might be interested!
October 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Excited to be interviewing Stephanie @brethertonwords.bsky.social for our next #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview.
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
⏰ 6pm BST
📚The Fire In Their Eyes
@breakthroughbook.bsky.social
Everyone welcome to join in the Q&A.
Do share with anyone who might be interested!
🗓️ Thursday 23 October
⏰ 6pm BST
📚The Fire In Their Eyes
@breakthroughbook.bsky.social
Everyone welcome to join in the Q&A.
Do share with anyone who might be interested!
We’re looking forward to this latest #authorinterview by @womenwritersnet.bsky.social with our very own @brethertonwords.bsky.social who will be discussing her writing journey and her award-winning novel The Fire In Their Eyes. Come and join in on Bluesky this Thursday at 6pm BST.
The fourth #AuthorInterview in our @womenwritersnet.bsky.social series takes place on Thur 23 Oct. Can’t wait to interview @brethertonwords.bsky.social about her new novel, The Fire In Their Eyes. Come and join us - you are welcome to ask the author your questions!
@breakthroughbook.bsky.social
@breakthroughbook.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We’re looking forward to this latest #authorinterview by @womenwritersnet.bsky.social with our very own @brethertonwords.bsky.social who will be discussing her writing journey and her award-winning novel The Fire In Their Eyes. Come and join in on Bluesky this Thursday at 6pm BST.
Happy #BookshopDay!
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Here’s to all the wonderful booksellers who take their time to share the love and knowledge .
😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻
And thanks to all those bricks and mortar shops who will go that extra mile… especially for small indie publishers and less famous authors!
#lovebooks
📖 ❤️ 📖 ❤️ 📖 ❤️ 📖
Here’s to all the wonderful booksellers who take their time to share the love and knowledge .
😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻
And thanks to all those bricks and mortar shops who will go that extra mile… especially for small indie publishers and less famous authors!
#lovebooks
October 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Happy #BookshopDay!
📖 ❤️ 📖 ❤️ 📖 ❤️ 📖
Here’s to all the wonderful booksellers who take their time to share the love and knowledge .
😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻
And thanks to all those bricks and mortar shops who will go that extra mile… especially for small indie publishers and less famous authors!
#lovebooks
📖 ❤️ 📖 ❤️ 📖 ❤️ 📖
Here’s to all the wonderful booksellers who take their time to share the love and knowledge .
😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻 🧐 😻
And thanks to all those bricks and mortar shops who will go that extra mile… especially for small indie publishers and less famous authors!
#lovebooks
Some of us prefer to read at 10pm…
#take10toread
#take10toread
Are you going to #take10toread today? Organised by the National Literacy Trust which is encouraging us all to take 10 minutes at 10 o’clock on the 10th to stop the world for a moment and just pick up a good book. I’m in! #booksky
October 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Some of us prefer to read at 10pm…
#take10toread
#take10toread
To mark the first #bookbirthday of The Portrait Girl by Nicole Swengley, the e-book is now at the very special price of 99p (on both Amazon and our own website) for a limited time! Why not help us celebrate and load your #Kindle with what the FT described as “a thoroughly engaging mystery”!
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
To mark the first #bookbirthday of The Portrait Girl by Nicole Swengley, the e-book is now at the very special price of 99p (on both Amazon and our own website) for a limited time! Why not help us celebrate and load your #Kindle with what the FT described as “a thoroughly engaging mystery”!
Book lovers in and around the Rugby area, do not miss the Rugby Literary Festival this weekend, but especially the spoken word evening hosted by Word Of Mouth this Friday. A range of fantastic performers will be on stage including our own @zenabarrie.bsky.social!
#Books #LiteraryFestival
#Books #LiteraryFestival
October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Book lovers in and around the Rugby area, do not miss the Rugby Literary Festival this weekend, but especially the spoken word evening hosted by Word Of Mouth this Friday. A range of fantastic performers will be on stage including our own @zenabarrie.bsky.social!
#Books #LiteraryFestival
#Books #LiteraryFestival
So who are we, what makes us different and why support an award-winning, #indiepublisher - or more importantly, our authors? 🧵
September 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So who are we, what makes us different and why support an award-winning, #indiepublisher - or more importantly, our authors? 🧵
We love seeing our books out in the wild no matter where they are but it’s fantastic to see them in a library, especially one which will send the book to any of the libraries in the Borough if it’s ordered!
#LoveYourLibrary #SupportLibraries #LibraryLife #BookLife #Books
#LoveYourLibrary #SupportLibraries #LibraryLife #BookLife #Books
September 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We love seeing our books out in the wild no matter where they are but it’s fantastic to see them in a library, especially one which will send the book to any of the libraries in the Borough if it’s ordered!
#LoveYourLibrary #SupportLibraries #LibraryLife #BookLife #Books
#LoveYourLibrary #SupportLibraries #LibraryLife #BookLife #Books
Fresh off the back of being recommended by @robinince.bsky.social, today’s #BookQW is taken from the short story anthology Two Similar Looking Men With Umbilical Hernias by @zenabarrie.bsky.social, and is a prime example of her ability to combine the absurd and the existential to masterful effect.
September 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fresh off the back of being recommended by @robinince.bsky.social, today’s #BookQW is taken from the short story anthology Two Similar Looking Men With Umbilical Hernias by @zenabarrie.bsky.social, and is a prime example of her ability to combine the absurd and the existential to masterful effect.
Congratulations to @robinince.bsky.social for his thoroughly deserved award. And thank you ever so much for once again recommending the hilarious Two Similar Looking Men With Umbilical Hernias by @zenabarrie.bsky.social. We would love to see it in more independent bookshops.
Thank you so much to the Booksellers Association for awarding me Author of the Year for a second time - love you all - what remains of my career is about to go through a drastic change, so this means a lot - here is my acceptance speech @lucia-oc.bsky.social @zenabarrie.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Congratulations to @robinince.bsky.social for his thoroughly deserved award. And thank you ever so much for once again recommending the hilarious Two Similar Looking Men With Umbilical Hernias by @zenabarrie.bsky.social. We would love to see it in more independent bookshops.
It is great to see The Portrait Girl and Nicole Swengley included in the Success Stories on the Cornerstones website. She is certainly one of ours, with The Portrait Girl described as “a thoroughly engaging mystery” by the FT!
#Mystery #Thriller #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #LiteraryFiction #LitFic
#Mystery #Thriller #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #LiteraryFiction #LitFic
September 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It is great to see The Portrait Girl and Nicole Swengley included in the Success Stories on the Cornerstones website. She is certainly one of ours, with The Portrait Girl described as “a thoroughly engaging mystery” by the FT!
#Mystery #Thriller #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #LiteraryFiction #LitFic
#Mystery #Thriller #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #LiteraryFiction #LitFic
🎉🎉🎉 Huge congratulations to @brethertonwords.bsky.social for being recognised by the Chanticleer Global Thriller Awards and for winning the Medical Thriller category in the NYC Big Book Awards! Needless to say we are… thrilled! 🥳🍾
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress
September 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Huge congratulations to @brethertonwords.bsky.social for being recognised by the Chanticleer Global Thriller Awards and for winning the Medical Thriller category in the NYC Big Book Awards! Needless to say we are… thrilled! 🥳🍾
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress
#NYCBigBookAward #GabbyBookAwards #AwardWinningPublisher #SmallPress
A massive thank you to @karlou72.bsky.social for this thorough, thoughtful, and absolutely stunning review for The Fire In Their Eyes by @brethertonwords.bsky.social.
#BookReview The Fire in Their Eyes by @brethertonwords.bsky.social 'Provocative, intelligent and heartbreaking, The Fire in Their Eyes is a richly characterised, complex and compelling read.' hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-... @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #Booksky 💙📚
The Fire in Their Eyes by Stephanie Bretherton #BookReview
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August 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A massive thank you to @karlou72.bsky.social for this thorough, thoughtful, and absolutely stunning review for The Fire In Their Eyes by @brethertonwords.bsky.social.
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Yes, we know we may not be flashy, but we will keep on keeping on because we believe in what we’re doing and that authors deserve to be at the centre of the industry not at the bottom of the pile…
Breakthrough Books is the only publisher to arise from the Unbound ashes that’s author-centred and author-led. A “happy ending” growing organically not flashily. Maybe a good news story of trailblazing authors just isn’t headline worthy? @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Death of a publishing dream: how the Unbound revolution b...
The literary disrupters enjoyed great success with their crowdfunding model, signing authors that other publishers overlooked. And then the money ran out…
observer.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Yes, we know we may not be flashy, but we will keep on keeping on because we believe in what we’re doing and that authors deserve to be at the centre of the industry not at the bottom of the pile…
Breakthrough Books is the only publisher to arise from the Unbound ashes that’s author-centred and author-led. A “happy ending” growing organically not flashily. Maybe a good news story of trailblazing authors just isn’t headline worthy? @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Death of a publishing dream: how the Unbound revolution b...
The literary disrupters enjoyed great success with their crowdfunding model, signing authors that other publishers overlooked. And then the money ran out…
observer.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Breakthrough Books is the only publisher to arise from the Unbound ashes that’s author-centred and author-led. A “happy ending” growing organically not flashily. Maybe a good news story of trailblazing authors just isn’t headline worthy? @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
For today’s #FirstLineFriday we’re going back to the beginning with a quote from our very first short story anthology, #TakingLiberties.
Quote from On The Brushes by @sueclarkauthor.bsky.social.
Quote from On The Brushes by @sueclarkauthor.bsky.social.
August 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
For today’s #FirstLineFriday we’re going back to the beginning with a quote from our very first short story anthology, #TakingLiberties.
Quote from On The Brushes by @sueclarkauthor.bsky.social.
Quote from On The Brushes by @sueclarkauthor.bsky.social.
As ex-unbounders turned author-publishers we applaud initiatives helping those affected by the fiasco, as we’ve been doing for 2 1/2 years, and are happy for anyone on this new lifeboat.
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Will Atkinson, the former head of Atlantic Books, has set up a new publishing company, Wilton Square, to initially "provide a safe and secure home" for authors previously publishing by Unbound 👇
New publisher set up to 'provide a safe and secure home' for Unbound authors
Will Atkinson, the former head of Atlantic Books, has set up a new publishing company, Wilton Square, to initially "provide a safe and secure home" for authors previously publishing by Unbound.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
As ex-unbounders turned author-publishers we applaud initiatives helping those affected by the fiasco, as we’ve been doing for 2 1/2 years, and are happy for anyone on this new lifeboat.
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Whether or not you have read Bone Lines and/or The Fire In Their Eyes, you may enjoy this carefully curated and oddly eclectic playlist inspired by the books - and I’d love to know if you resonate with any of this or recognise the characters…
open.spotify.com/playlist/3yG...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3yG...
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Playlist · Stephanie · 33 items
open.spotify.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Whether or not you have read Bone Lines and/or The Fire In Their Eyes, you may enjoy this carefully curated and oddly eclectic playlist inspired by the books - and I’d love to know if you resonate with any of this or recognise the characters…
open.spotify.com/playlist/3yG...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3yG...
All at Breakthrough wish to express our thoughts and sympathies for everyone affected so badly by the terrible Unbound / Boundless / Neem Tree fiasco.
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August 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
All at Breakthrough wish to express our thoughts and sympathies for everyone affected so badly by the terrible Unbound / Boundless / Neem Tree fiasco.
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