Fly on the Wall Press
@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
Manc independent publisher with a conscience.
M.D. Isabelle Kenyon
2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year!
Sustainable, political and accessible
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
M.D. Isabelle Kenyon
2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year!
Sustainable, political and accessible
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
8 books
2 National Newspapers
2 Northern Publishers' Fairs
3 book prizes for GRQ
3 finalist statuses (British Book & FutureBook Awards) - The Publishing Academy, Small Press of the Year & Leader of the Year
Unlimited support from readers, libraries & bookshops - you made our year special.
2 National Newspapers
2 Northern Publishers' Fairs
3 book prizes for GRQ
3 finalist statuses (British Book & FutureBook Awards) - The Publishing Academy, Small Press of the Year & Leader of the Year
Unlimited support from readers, libraries & bookshops - you made our year special.
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
8 books
2 National Newspapers
2 Northern Publishers' Fairs
3 book prizes for GRQ
3 finalist statuses (British Book & FutureBook Awards) - The Publishing Academy, Small Press of the Year & Leader of the Year
Unlimited support from readers, libraries & bookshops - you made our year special.
2 National Newspapers
2 Northern Publishers' Fairs
3 book prizes for GRQ
3 finalist statuses (British Book & FutureBook Awards) - The Publishing Academy, Small Press of the Year & Leader of the Year
Unlimited support from readers, libraries & bookshops - you made our year special.
Best-selling author @johnironmonger.bsky.social talks about the career, the process and the joys of writing - but says don’t give up the day job YET
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December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Best-selling author @johnironmonger.bsky.social talks about the career, the process and the joys of writing - but says don’t give up the day job YET
flyonthewallpress.substack.com/p/the-small-... #books📚💙 #writer
flyonthewallpress.substack.com/p/the-small-... #books📚💙 #writer
Our first translated novel next March is now on Goodreads!
See what readers are saying all around the world - whilst this is the first English edition, 'Erased' by Miha Mazzini has already been translated into 10 languages!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... @inpressbooks.bsky.social #books📚💙
See what readers are saying all around the world - whilst this is the first English edition, 'Erased' by Miha Mazzini has already been translated into 10 languages!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... @inpressbooks.bsky.social #books📚💙
December 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Our first translated novel next March is now on Goodreads!
See what readers are saying all around the world - whilst this is the first English edition, 'Erased' by Miha Mazzini has already been translated into 10 languages!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... @inpressbooks.bsky.social #books📚💙
See what readers are saying all around the world - whilst this is the first English edition, 'Erased' by Miha Mazzini has already been translated into 10 languages!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... @inpressbooks.bsky.social #books📚💙
We had such a lovely chat with the Liverpool Literary Agency and Clare Coombes last night at the Publishing Academy!
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www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac... #agents
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We had such a lovely chat with the Liverpool Literary Agency and Clare Coombes last night at the Publishing Academy!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac... #agents
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac... #agents
Excited to have added a session on how books get made into films in April! And our session on agenting with the Liverpool Literary Agency takes place this evening :D
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www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Excited to have added a session on how books get made into films in April! And our session on agenting with the Liverpool Literary Agency takes place this evening :D
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
Did you know we have a bookish gift ideas section on our website? 🥰
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www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/giftsandmerc...
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Did you know we have a bookish gift ideas section on our website? 🥰
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/giftsandmerc...
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/giftsandmerc...
'The Wager and the Bear' by @johnironmonger.bsky.social across the world!
Italian, UK and German editions below...
The perfect Christmas stocking filler - www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... #books📚💙
Italian, UK and German editions below...
The perfect Christmas stocking filler - www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... #books📚💙
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
'The Wager and the Bear' by @johnironmonger.bsky.social across the world!
Italian, UK and German editions below...
The perfect Christmas stocking filler - www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... #books📚💙
Italian, UK and German editions below...
The perfect Christmas stocking filler - www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... #books📚💙
Delighted that #StationBooks in Tunbridge Wells will be hosting @janicewarman.bsky.social 's debut poetry collection launch, with the fabulous Mara Bergman! Join them in January....
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December 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Delighted that #StationBooks in Tunbridge Wells will be hosting @janicewarman.bsky.social 's debut poetry collection launch, with the fabulous Mara Bergman! Join them in January....
www.tixtree.com/e/janice-war...
www.tixtree.com/e/janice-war...
A fresh lick of paint to Publishing Academy schedule!
And excited to join Hachette's Winter drink social tomorrow!
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And excited to join Hachette's Winter drink social tomorrow!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A fresh lick of paint to Publishing Academy schedule!
And excited to join Hachette's Winter drink social tomorrow!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
And excited to join Hachette's Winter drink social tomorrow!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
We have designed this BEAUTIFUL page for 'These are the Things we Have Lost' on Amazon for @janicewarman.bsky.social 's debut poetry collection!
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www.amazon.co.uk/These-are-Th... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We have designed this BEAUTIFUL page for 'These are the Things we Have Lost' on Amazon for @janicewarman.bsky.social 's debut poetry collection!
www.amazon.co.uk/These-are-Th... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/These-are-Th... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
We had mince pies and were merry at the #Northernfictionalliance showcase at Blackwell's Manchester! Craft book, The Subtle Art of Short Fiction is available from the lovely Blackwell's team or your local bookshop 😀 #books💙📚
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We had mince pies and were merry at the #Northernfictionalliance showcase at Blackwell's Manchester! Craft book, The Subtle Art of Short Fiction is available from the lovely Blackwell's team or your local bookshop 😀 #books💙📚
Tomorrow morning's Substack is a guide to what to expect as a debut author!
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December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tomorrow morning's Substack is a guide to what to expect as a debut author!
Subscribe below to get this in your inbox tomorrow at 8am :)
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Subscribe below to get this in your inbox tomorrow at 8am :)
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The Wager and the Bear, nominated for the Dublin Literary Award by librarians, in @johnironmonger.bsky.social 's own words!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
#books📚💙
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
#books📚💙
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Wager and the Bear, nominated for the Dublin Literary Award by librarians, in @johnironmonger.bsky.social 's own words!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
#books📚💙
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
#books📚💙
Delighted that "The Subtle Art of Short Fiction" is featured in @mslexia.bsky.social 's gift guide!
#books📚💙 #craftbook
#books📚💙 #craftbook
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Delighted that "The Subtle Art of Short Fiction" is featured in @mslexia.bsky.social 's gift guide!
#books📚💙 #craftbook
#books📚💙 #craftbook
of what Fly on the Wall Press—a one-woman political fiction press in the North—is achieving. And I warmly welcome anyone who would like to deliver a guest lecture for the Academy and become part of the legacy we’re building together."
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
of what Fly on the Wall Press—a one-woman political fiction press in the North—is achieving. And I warmly welcome anyone who would like to deliver a guest lecture for the Academy and become part of the legacy we’re building together."
We have incredible students and career changers who will become real assets to this industry—people who understand every department, who are prepared for practical roles, and who will not require extensive retraining.
I’m deeply grateful for this recognition...
I’m deeply grateful for this recognition...
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We have incredible students and career changers who will become real assets to this industry—people who understand every department, who are prepared for practical roles, and who will not require extensive retraining.
I’m deeply grateful for this recognition...
I’m deeply grateful for this recognition...
The shortlisting of the Publishing Academy at #FutureBook awards is a powerful recognition of the gaps in Northern publishing—and of the way the Academy is helping to address them. I know there is genuine appetite in our industry to make publishing accessible regardless of class, location, or £...
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The shortlisting of the Publishing Academy at #FutureBook awards is a powerful recognition of the gaps in Northern publishing—and of the way the Academy is helping to address them. I know there is genuine appetite in our industry to make publishing accessible regardless of class, location, or £...
"The last published Publishers Association Diversity in the Workplace study reported that only 1% of people working in UK publishing were born in the North West of England, and just 5% in the North East.
My Publishing Academy students tell me that...
My Publishing Academy students tell me that...
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"The last published Publishers Association Diversity in the Workplace study reported that only 1% of people working in UK publishing were born in the North West of England, and just 5% in the North East.
My Publishing Academy students tell me that...
My Publishing Academy students tell me that...
Come be christmassy with us @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social this Thursday!!
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December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Come be christmassy with us @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social this Thursday!!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
'That the depredation of Alzheimer’s is conceived in the mother figure’s own hand, presumably in an early, lucid moment, lends the otherwise fulsome scene the sharpest of ironies.'
Poem of the Week for The Yorkshire Times! @janicewarman.bsky.social from 'These are the Things we Have Lost' #books📚💙
Poem of the Week for The Yorkshire Times! @janicewarman.bsky.social from 'These are the Things we Have Lost' #books📚💙
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
'That the depredation of Alzheimer’s is conceived in the mother figure’s own hand, presumably in an early, lucid moment, lends the otherwise fulsome scene the sharpest of ironies.'
Poem of the Week for The Yorkshire Times! @janicewarman.bsky.social from 'These are the Things we Have Lost' #books📚💙
Poem of the Week for The Yorkshire Times! @janicewarman.bsky.social from 'These are the Things we Have Lost' #books📚💙
Want to break into literary agenting — but don’t know where to start?
Join us for an exclusive session with Clare Coombes, founder of the Liverpool Literary Agency.
Free for Publishing Academy members!
👉 fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/92133... #publishing
Join us for an exclusive session with Clare Coombes, founder of the Liverpool Literary Agency.
Free for Publishing Academy members!
👉 fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/92133... #publishing
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Want to break into literary agenting — but don’t know where to start?
Join us for an exclusive session with Clare Coombes, founder of the Liverpool Literary Agency.
Free for Publishing Academy members!
👉 fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/92133... #publishing
Join us for an exclusive session with Clare Coombes, founder of the Liverpool Literary Agency.
Free for Publishing Academy members!
👉 fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/92133... #publishing
As nights grow colder, light a candle, grab a copy of Witchborne @rgrosvenorauthor.bsky.social from your local bookshop, and go on Agnes' journey - a woman with a gift too powerful for society to accept...
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www.waterstones.com/book/witchbo...
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
As nights grow colder, light a candle, grab a copy of Witchborne @rgrosvenorauthor.bsky.social from your local bookshop, and go on Agnes' journey - a woman with a gift too powerful for society to accept...
www.waterstones.com/book/witchbo...
www.waterstones.com/book/witchbo...
Fly on the Wall Press is thrilled to announce that GRQ by @sbernsteinwrites.bsky.social has been awarded Best Novella in the prestigious American Writing Awards.
It was also a finalist for best cover and best general fiction!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/post/grq-by-...
It was also a finalist for best cover and best general fiction!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/post/grq-by-...
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Fly on the Wall Press is thrilled to announce that GRQ by @sbernsteinwrites.bsky.social has been awarded Best Novella in the prestigious American Writing Awards.
It was also a finalist for best cover and best general fiction!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/post/grq-by-...
It was also a finalist for best cover and best general fiction!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/post/grq-by-...
Come hear from David Hartley and 'The Subtle Art of Short Fiction' along with brilliant authors from the #NorthernFictionAlliance @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social Thu 4th Dec!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Come hear from David Hartley and 'The Subtle Art of Short Fiction' along with brilliant authors from the #NorthernFictionAlliance @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social Thu 4th Dec!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...