Welsh publisher acquires rights to novel set in aftermath of Aberfan disaster

A Welsh publisher Firefly has signed a deeply moving novel set in the aftermath of the Aberfan disaster. Penny Thomas, publisher at award-winning independent Firefly Press, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to middle-grade debut The Secret Lamb by Alyson Williams, from Lucy Irvine at Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency Ltd. The novel, by debut…