Fly on the Wall Press
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Manc independent publisher with a conscience. M.D. @kenyon_isabelle 2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year! Sustainable, political and accessible
🎉 Join Fly on the Wall’s Summer Party, 25th July 2025, 6:15–9:30pm. All welcome! Celebrating 7 years of publishing and a community powered by readers and writers like you. Whether you’re a long-time supporter or new to our story, come mingle with fellow book lovers, meet our…

Great news for the Yorkshire book ecosystem! @ToppingsEly Britain’s biggest indie bookshop to open in York after plans approved | YorkMix share.google/w07KodQfOYiCHo…
Click on the link below to find out more! “The Rebecca Swift Foundation and Fly on the Wall Press have joined forces to invite submissions for a powerful new anthology celebrating the complexity, resilience, and creativity of women’s lives today.” @fly_press #poetry
Woman, Mapped will explore the journey of becoming a woman: the joys, the pain, and the defining moments that shape us. We are seeking work that speaks honestly to what it means to live as a woman — politically, bodily, emotionally — and to be seen in our own voices, on our own…
HAD AN ABSOLUTE BALL this evening marking @fly_press ' 7th year in business at their Summer Ball. Great to hangout with local scribe, John Maxwell and meet many great writers- including, one of my heroes @jwironmonger and many others. VERY INSPIRING.
Woman, Mapped will explore the journey of becoming a woman: the joys, the pain, and the defining moments that shape us. We are seeking work that speaks honestly to what it means to live as a woman — politically, bodily, emotionally — and to be seen in our own voices, on our own…
Tomorrow eve in Manchester! See you at our Summer Party 🥳
🎉 Join Fly on the Wall’s Summer Party, 25th July 2025, 6:15–9:30pm. All welcome! Celebrating 7 years of publishing and a community powered by readers and writers like you. Whether you’re a long-time supporter or new to our story, come mingle with fellow book lovers, meet our…
"there seems to be a refreshing acceptance of the danger and the scientific consensus, with very few naysayers and conspiracy theorizing denialists salting the pages. Which all allows Lilwall to zoom in very closely on the stories of individual people who may have a chance of…
Today, T.O Munro reviews Amy Lilwall's cli-fi novel THE WATER THAT MAY COME: "a sharply focused interrogation of the disparities of wealth and privilege in times of crisis" Read more: tinyurl.com/2zvhyax7 @fly_press @TOMunro
Today, T.O Munro reviews Amy Lilwall's cli-fi novel THE WATER THAT MAY COME: "a sharply focused interrogation of the disparities of wealth and privilege in times of crisis" Read more: tinyurl.com/2zvhyax7 @fly_press @TOMunro
30th Oct: Join @OptIndieBooks for an evening at Deep North (Doughnuts!) Newcastle with author @amy_lilwall to discuss her powerful new novel, The Water That May Come — a lyrical, unsettling and darkly funny vision of Britain’s not-so-distant future. ticketsource.co.uk/optindiebooks/…

Oo a preorder steal on WHSmith's (TJ Jones) for upcoming quirky speculative novel, The Water That May Come by @amy_lilwall ! £1 off and free delivery on preorders :D tgjonesonline.co.uk/Product/Amy-Li… #clifi #books📚💙 @inpressbooks
So excited to see this early table ahead of our launch for Witchborne by Rachel Grosvenor and @JenDelaney93 Tales of a Deadly Devotion at @WaterstonesMCR Tickets for September- waterstones.com/events/an-even… @inpressbooks

Congratulations Jenny! A fascinating theme, I look forward to reading it!
.@FoundationSwift and @fly_press are teaming up for Women, Mapped, an anthology celebrating 'the complexity, resilience, and creativity of women’s lives', curated by @jennywcreative bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)
It's our monthly newsletter tomorrow on Substack! Sign up below to receive it tomorrow morning & learn about our new bookshop collaboration #thecuriouscatbookshop open.substack.com/pub/flyonthewa… #books📚💙

Many members know that our very own @JaniceWarman, our Vice Chair, has a debut poetry collection, coming out in January with the award-winning @fly_press There will be a live reading from this collection - These are the Things we have Lost - tomorrow! Links below 🥰
Happy Birthday to The Truth Has Arms & Legs - two years old today! Massive thanks to everyone who has helped this little book on its way #WritingCommunity @fly_press @Waterstones @SurreyLibraries @SWWJ @womenwritersnet @GuildfordInst @GoldfinchBooks_ @GfordBookFest #shortstories
The @fly_press Northern Publishers' Fair is back this Autumn! 📅 Saturday 27th September, 11am-3:30pm @Manclibraries 16 publishers (and new agents table!) Perfect for readers, writers & literature lovers. FREE tickets: fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87204/n… See you there?
Proud moment for John Ironmonger! He has been awarded the Fly on the Wall Press Copper Award for his novel, "The Wager and the Bear." Big thanks to acclaimed poet Yogesh Patel MBE, our prize sponsor! Read more: wix.to/rZwzstL #CopperAward #LiteraryExcellence
