After piles of entries, six months of reading, three shortlisted authors and one glamourous awards ceremony, we are finally able to announce the winner of the Kelpies Prize 2013. A hearty congratulations to Alex McCall and his cracking tale of fowl play, Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens! Joined by Barbara Henderson and Shona...
Read more →We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Saltire Society’s first annual Scottish Publisher of the Year Award. The Saltire Society announced the creation of the award earlier this year and we, along with 18 other publishers, submitted our application and anxiously awaited the results. Floris have been shortlisted with...
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Every year as part of the Kelpies Prize, we look for the best unpublished children’s fiction with a Scottish twist. Since February, our editors have been working their way through a record number of entries to find our three finalists for this year’s prize – and they certainly weren’t disappointed. We’re delighted to announce...
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This year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our Kelpies imprint of Scottish children’s novels. Floris took over the Kelpies list from fellow Scottish publisher Canongate in 2002 but it wasn’t until 2003 that we published our first original Kelpie, The Chaos Clock by Gill Arbuthnott. To celebrate this milestone we gathered our...
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We were thrilled to be featured in an article in The Herald newspaper following the announcement that we published all three books in the shortlist for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2013 Younger Readers category (8-11 years old). All the Floris team are proud of our three talented shortlisted authors Caroline Clough, Janis Mackay...
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Floris Books have made history by being the first publisher to publish all three shortlisted books in one category at the Scottish Children’s Book Awards. The three shortlisted books are: • Black Tide by Caroline Clough • The Accidental Time Traveller by Janis Mackay • Really Weird Removals.com by Daniela Sacerdoti All three books,...
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Can the phases of the moon really affect the taste of a bottle of wine? When does wine taste at its best? To answer these questions, we recently launched a new app for the iPad and iPhone, When Wine Tastes Best. This app is based on Maria Thun’s biodynamic calendar for wine drinkers, When...
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This practical book by Karin Neuschütz explores children’s developmental stages up to age seven, and suggests suitable toys, dolls, games and activities to nurture and develop them. In this extract, she introduces the ideas in the book, focusing on the importance of play for a child’s development and giving an overview of how children...
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Throughout literary history, one type of story has seen continued popularity – the fairy tale. Recent years have seen a wealth of TV and movie adaptations. So what accounts for this continued adoration? Why, over 200 years since they were alive, do the stories of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen remain a...
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Can a bottle of wine really taste better on one day rather than the next just due to the movement of the moon? When does wine really taste best? The theory of tasting wine according to Maria Thun’s Original Biodynamic Sowing and Planting Calendar is not new to wine buyers and critics. For some...
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