Plantin, Defoe & Franklin Publishing

08/17/2026

🌞📚 **Boudin est officiellement arrivé!**

*Boudin veut croquer le soleil*, le premier album jeunesse de **Poppy D. Finch** et la toute première aventure de **PDFP Junior**, est maintenant disponible sur Amazon.

Découvrez Boudin et ses amis dans une aventure colorée sur la curiosité, l’amitié… et un soleil qui semble beaucoup trop appétissant!

🐛☀️ **Maintenant disponible en livre broché.**

Découvrez PDFP Junior et l’univers de Boudin:
https://pdfpublishingbooks.com/fr/blog/nouvelles/pdfp-junior-publie-boudin-veut-croquer-le-soleil-la-premiere-histoire-de-boudin-tortillon-le-ver/

POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE Le premier album de l’autrice Poppy D. Finch présente aux jeunes lecteurs Boudin Tortillon, un petit ver débordant de curiosité et animé par une très grande question QUÉBEC, Québec — 16 août 2026 — PDFP Junior, la marque jeunesse de Plantin, Defoe & Franklin P...

08/17/2026

🌞📚 **Wiggly is officially here!**

*Wiggly Wants a Bite of the Sun*, the first picture book by **Poppy D. Finch** and the first adventure from **PDFP Junior**, is now available on Amazon.

Meet Wiggly and his friends in a colourful story about curiosity, friendship, and one very tempting-looking sun.

🐛☀️ **Available now in paperback.**

Learn more about PDFP Junior and Wiggly:
https://pdfpublishingbooks.com/blog/news/pdfp-junior-releases-wiggly-wants-a-bite-of-the-sun-the-first-wiggly-wobble-the-worm-story/

08/01/2026

📚 Introducing PDFP Junior!

Plantin, Defoe & Franklin Publishing is proud to announce the creation of **PDFP Junior**, our new bilingual children’s publishing brand.

Our first illustrated series, **A Wiggly the Worm Story**, is coming soon, beginning with *Wiggly Wants a Bite of the Sun* by Poppy D. Finch.

Read the announcement:

🇬🇧 English:
https://pdfpublishingbooks.com/blog/news/plantin-defoe-franklin-publishing-announces-the-creation-of-pdfp-junior/

🇫🇷 Français :
https://pdfpublishingbooks.com/fr/blog/nouvelles/plantin-defoe-franklin-publishing-annonce-la-creation-de-pdfp-junior/

Follow us as we introduce Wiggly, his farmyard friends, and the colourful world of PDFP Junior! 🌱☀️

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A new bilingual children’s publishing brand prepares to welcome young readers into the playful world of "A Wiggly Wobble the Worm Story". Lire ce communiqué en français QUÉBEC CITY, Québec — August 1, 2026 — Plantin, Defoe & Franklin Publishing is pleased to announce ...

07/24/2026

Family Loyalty. Dirty Money. Prohibition Tension.

If you like historical crime with family loyalty, dirty money, Prohibition tension, and brothers making dangerous choices, start with The Foundry Boys.

Book One of the Ashes & Iron saga begins in a dying foundry town, where hunger, debt, and loyalty push the Varn brothers toward crime.

Continue the world with The Lost Chapters: Volume I.

The Foundry Boys:
https://amzn.to/4v5iPUI

The Lost Chapters: Volume I:
https://amzn.to/3QAiACb

#𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝

07/23/2026

Whiskey Crates in a Foundry

What do you call whiskey crates hidden in a foundry?

In The Foundry Boys, you call it the moment honest work starts turning into crime.

The Foundry Boys:
https://amzn.to/4v5iPUI

The Lost Chapters: Volume I:
https://amzn.to/3QAiACb

#𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝

07/22/2026

Not Every Prohibition Story Began in Chicago

Chicago had its gangsters. But the border had its own criminals.

In The Foundry Boys, the Varn brothers are trying to save a dying foundry, protect their family, and survive in a town where hunger, debt, and opportunity all point toward crime.

Book One of the Ashes & Iron saga is available now. Continue the world with The Lost Chapters: Volume I.

The Foundry Boys:
https://amzn.to/4v5iPUI

The Lost Chapters: Volume I:
https://amzn.to/3QAiACb

#𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝

07/21/2026

This Is Where Ashes & Iron Begins

Before the whisky routes. Before the enemies. Before the family name became dangerous.

There was a foundry, three brothers, and one choice that changed everything.

Start the Ashes & Iron saga with The Foundry Boys, then continue the world with The Lost Chapters: Volume I.

The Foundry Boys:
https://amzn.to/4v5iPUI

The Lost Chapters: Volume I:
https://amzn.to/3QAiACb

#𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝

07/20/2026

A little bookish humour confession: even the priest is hooked on The Foundry Boys.

Book One of the Ashes & Iron saga begins in a dying foundry town, where hunger, family loyalty, and survival push the Varn brothers toward dangerous choices.

For readers of historical fiction, crime fiction, Prohibition-era stories, and gritty family sagas.

The Foundry Boys:
https://amzn.to/4v5iPUI

The Lost Chapters: Volume I:
https://amzn.to/3QAiACb

#𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝

07/18/2026

Good Men Cross Bad Lines

Why do good men cross bad lines?

In The Foundry Boys, the Varn brothers are not chasing crime. They are trying to keep the family alive when hunger leaves no clean choices.

The Foundry Boys:
https://amzn.to/4v5iPUI

The Lost Chapters: Volume I:
https://amzn.to/3QAiACb

07/17/2026

I Just Finished The Foundry Boys and I’m Hooked

I just finished The Foundry Boys and I’m hooked.

This 1920s historical noir is gritty, tense, and full of family loyalty, dirty money, survival pressure, and dangerous choices.

If you like historical crime, Prohibition-era tension, and family sagas with moral compromise, this belongs on your list.

The Foundry Boys:
https://amzn.to/4v5iPUI

The Lost Chapters: Volume I:
https://amzn.to/3QAiACb