Debut author Cathy Jenkins has written a powerful new Middle Grade story tackling racism in sport and the community as well as what it takes to challenge the opinions of those you love.
This week is Work in Publishing Week! To celebrate, we had a quick chat with our Publishing Director, Matthew Howard, about his experiences in Publishing and to offer some advice to those looking to start their journey in the industry.
Cadno are pleased to announce their first YA novel, written by Emma Bettridge. The Ranch at the End of the World is a romantic adventure story featuring an LGBTQ+ character from an author who is also part of the community. This will be Emma’s first YA novel, published by Cadno, a Graffeg imprint, with the financial support of the Books Council of Wales. Emma has previously published two picture books with Graffeg, Goodbye Hobbs and Red is Home.
This month at the Graffeg offices we're celebrating Non-fiction November! Non-fiction November was created by the Federation of Children's Book Groups as a way to highlight the importance of information books and to promote reading non-fiction for pleasure.
What better way is there to celebrate than with the perfect book? Here are our recommendations for this Non-fiction November:
We are thrilled to announce that two of our children's titles, Choose Love and April's Garden, have been nominated for YOTO Carnegie Medals 2024.
The Yoto Carnegies are the UK’s longest running and best-loved children’s book awards, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people. The Yoto Carnegie Medals are awarded by children’s librarians for outstanding books written in English for children and young people, both in terms of writing and illustration.
Watch Them Growby James Carter, publishing June 2024, is the first in a three-book series and will look at different lifecycles in nature. This will be followed byWay to Go which explores different migrations, and lastly Who Are We? which is a look into animal diversity.
If you've followed us here at Graffeg for a while, you'll have heard that we published our first ever board books this year! This is a brand new and very exciting venture for us, and we can't wait for even younger readers to be able to enjoy some of our most popular characters. As Christmas draws closer and the nights get cosier, we are slowly finishing our print runs and preparing for the festive season.
Bird Eye Books (an imprint of Graffeg) are proud to announce that we will once again be working with the British Wildlife Photography Awards to publish their latest book of brilliant photography.
Catherine Fisher, New York Times best-selling author and twice winner of the Tir na n-Og, has agreed terms to write the first title for Graffeg’s new Middle Grade and YA imprint, Cadno.
Catherine’s new book, Culhwch and Olwen, is a retelling of a famous story from The Mabinogion, a collection of tales written in medieval times about Welsh mythology, folklore and legend.
Classic FM broadcaster and author Zeb Soanes joins Orpheus Sinfonia for the première of Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tubas part of the London Literature Festival.
Do you smell that? The air is crisper, the wind is picking up and the leaves are almostcrunchy – spooky season is upon us and has certainly arrived at the Graffeg offices! It's time to dust off our vanilla pumpkin candles, wrap up in cosy blankets and bring out that autumn TBR list. October is a very busy month at Graffeg with new titles hitting the shelves every week. If you do spot any of our books in the wild, tag us in a social media post! There's nothing we love more interacting with our loyal customers.
Thursday 5th October 2023 is National Poetry Day! Here at Graffeg we believe that poetry has the power to share and communicate unlike any other expressive art.
