Candy Jar Books

26/03/2026

🦊🍦✨ Happy Release Day! ✨🍦🦊

Arctic Fox Opens A Magical Ice Cream Shop by Christine Chambers Author and Illustrator is officially out now! 🎉📚

After the success of her debut, Red Fox Does What? Surely Not!, Christine – both the writer and illustrator of these charming stories – kept hearing one question from children during her visits: “What happens to the other foxes?”

And now, she’s answered it in the most magical way. 💫

This brand-new adventure is a playful, feel-good story filled with friendship, imagination, and (of course!) plenty of ice cream. At its heart is something really special too – a mission to give foxes a more positive image through warm, joyful storytelling that younger readers can simply enjoy 🧡

Published today (26th March) and distributed by the Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru / Books Council of Wales, this delightful book is available at all good bookshops – the perfect treat for little readers everywhere! 🍦📖

26/03/2026

✨📚 Happy Release Day! 📚✨

The much-anticipated sequel to Trecadno by C.P. Davies returns readers to a vividly realised Welsh landscape of hidden coves, patchwork fields, and close-knit communities – where not everything is quite as it seems…

Blending surreal humour with a sharply observed portrait of rural life in South West Wales, Gracelands captures the rhythms, gossip, and quiet intrigue of village life — before turning it all on its head.

Praised by Jasper Fforde as:
“Local intrigue, gossip and eccentric villages. A valuable contribution to the nascent genre of ‘Joy of Welshness’.”

Drawing on roots in Burry Port, Kidwelly and beyond, this is storytelling with a distinctly Welsh voice and a wonderfully offbeat spirit.

Tenby inspired cover by the fantastic Martin Baines.

Released today (26th March) with the support of Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru / Books Council of Wales, Gracelands is now available at all good bookshops 📖💫

24/03/2026

£1 books (Last Few Days) - https://mailchi.mp/ab4be237f8b1/1bookslastfewdays It's the last few days of our £1 sale!

These books are all in perfect condition. And you can grab them for just £1 each.

This is the perfect chance to fill gaps in your collection. Two books have been added: The Fear of the Web (for £1) and The Lethbridge-Stewart Colouring Book (for £4).

23/03/2026

19/03/2026

£1 books (limited copies) - https://mailchi.mp/d17236911505/1books We’ve been having a bit of a tidy-up at Candy Jar Towers and found some returned stock that deserves a good home. The good news? These books are all in perfect condition. The even better news? You can grab them for just £1 each. This is the perfect chance to fill gaps in your Lethbridge-Stewart collection or discover something new without breaking the bank.

10/03/2026

Thank you to The Lewy Body Society for their support with our brand new middle grade book by the fantastic Peta Hands 🫶🏻

All proceeds are going to Lewy Body and they also have copies in stock direct from their website for those who want to support the charity further 😁

It’s World Book Day and we are proud this newly-published children’s book is raising money to support our work.
 
Sissy Snagertooth and Phylis is the debut novel by Peta Hands, who wrote the story after her husband was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia.

Ms Hands said: “In 2018, my husband was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, and I felt so helpless. Writing became an escape from the dreadful reality of my husband’s illness.”

The story centres on Herbert Long, a boy with white hair and jagged teeth who is sent to live with his grandfather. There, he befriends an eccentric bull terrier named Phylis. Together, they go on an adventure to rescue 94 stolen tortoises.

Lewy Body Society’s patron and author Rob Rinder said: “Sissy Snagertooth and Phylis is a wonderfully funny, big- hearted story full of imagination and mischief. It fizzes with charm, surprises at every turn, and leaves you smiling long after the last page.” 
 
Shaun Russell, head of publishing at Candy Jar Books, said: “I was captivated by the story’s warmth, humour, and heart. It’s a unique and powerful way to raise awareness of an often-overlooked disease.”

The book is available in bookshops, with all profits going to the Lewy Body Society.

05/03/2026

Here's Candy Jar author and editor Philip Bates at The Who Shop in London 📚 A great selection of Candy Jar titles in stock and Phil even signed a few!

05/03/2026

Thanks to author Ruari Maclean for sharing a little bit about his novel A Man in Moccasins this 🥳

Take a chance on an indie author this

05/03/2026

The fantastic Tug J Wilson is here this to tell us all about his book for middle grade readers 🌈

05/03/2026

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Here's Candy Jar author Chris McGuire Kids' Author to tell you all about his book Crooks and Nannies 🥳

And the silliness doesn't stop there with the sequel being released later in the year... 👀