It’s always exciting to see the nominations for the CILIP Carnegie Medal are announced. But yesterday’s announcement was a particularly exciting one for us because one of our KelpiesTeen novels — Mind Blind by Lari Don — has been nominated! A mind-bending thriller for young teens, Mind Blind follows 14-year-old Ciaran Bain — a...
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This month, Floris Books is delighted to add a fresh new voice to our growing collection of books exploring alternative business and economics. Today we welcome Giles Hutchins, author of new book The Illusion of Separation, to the Floris Blog as he introduces his philosophical exploration of the root causes of our current economic,...
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The Kelpies Design & Illustration Prize 2015 has officially opened and everyone at Floris is patiently waiting for this year’s entries to start rolling in. In 2014, we launched the Prize with the aim of discovering new children’s design talent in Scotland. We thought that The Sign of the Black Dagger by award-winning author...
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We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Saltire Society’s annual Scottish Publisher of the Year Award for the second year in a row. Floris was named runner-up in last year’s awards, the inaugural year, which are run by the Saltire Society and funded by Creative Scotland. This year Floris...
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Fresh from our success at the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2014, where Kelpies author Janis Mackay took home the Younger Readers Award for her time-travel-trouble adventure The Accidental Time Traveller, we are proud to announce that we have had 3 books shortlisted once again for the 2015 Awards! Our three shortlisted books are: Pyrate’s...
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Storytelling happens all over the world, every day, and it comes in many different forms. The content and themes of these tales vary hugely across different countries and the same goes for the illustrations that accompany them. For this week’s #FlorisDesign takeover we will be taking a closer look at the beautiful...
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We’ve battled through a mountain of entries, spent six months reading all day every day, met three wonderful shortlisted authors, hosted one glamourous awards ceremony, and now we’re delighted to finally announce the winner of the Kelpies Prize 2014. A hearty congratulations to Lindsay Littleson and her charming tale of family love and how...
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Every year as part of the Kelpies Prize, we look for the best unpublished children’s fiction with a Scottish twist. This year, the Kelpies Prize is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its launch and since February, our judges have been working their way through a mountain of entries to find our three finalists for...
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As some of you may have noticed, last Wednesday our social media pages looked a little different. The Floris Design and Production team, normally very busy making sure that our beautiful picture books and non-fiction guides make it to a bookshop near you, popped by on Twitter and Facebook to say hello. And we...
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As the days grow longer and sunshine warms our homes and gardens, it’s a wonderful reminder that summer has (hopefully!) arrived. Of course while most of us will enjoy relaxing in the garden and taking some hard-earned holiday days, spare a thought for the poor souls who herald the arrival of summer with runny...
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