Ignite Books
@ignitebooks.bsky.social
Independent, wildfire publishing
www.ignitebooks.co.uk
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This award gives emerging writers a free course, retreat and mentoring. You need to be unpublished but it closes on 30th November so get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
Emerging Writer Award - The Bridge Awards
The Emerging Writer Award is run in partnership with The Bridge Awards. The award winner receives a package including courses, retreat time and mentoring.
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This award gives emerging writers a free course, retreat and mentoring. You need to be unpublished but it closes on 30th November so get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
Now, this should be good...
Tour poster for my upcoming May 2026 tour for my memoirs. Special guest for each night will be announced soon. Tickets and pre order signed copies of the book from louderthanwar.com/john-robb-me...
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Now, this should be good...
Got up. Went to Post Office. Sent books on their way. Came home. Hugged radiator.
The end.
The end.
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Got up. Went to Post Office. Sent books on their way. Came home. Hugged radiator.
The end.
The end.
Glad to hear you're enjoying it!! We think it's a fantastic read. 😎
@ignitebooks.bsky.social
Love this book! Bought it at GBH show in Minneapolis Minnesota ❤️😎
Love this book! Bought it at GBH show in Minneapolis Minnesota ❤️😎
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Glad to hear you're enjoying it!! We think it's a fantastic read. 😎
Get your hands on copies of the 2nd print run of Steve's book here! 👇
This Saturday afternoon, I'm gigging with @emmapurshouse.bsky.social in Wolverhampton city centre. A free gig celebrating the launch of Emma's fantastic new collection 'Unsung' and the 2nd print run of my book 'snapshots'. Great coffee and cake available too! Come along if you're in the area. 😊
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Get your hands on copies of the 2nd print run of Steve's book here! 👇
Morning, folks! It's been a while.... What have you been up to? 😊
November 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Morning, folks! It's been a while.... What have you been up to? 😊
Wow. Our authors, doing what they do.
Ian Elmslie playing And You Love Me / Darlin' with Merrill Osmond
And You Love Me / Darlin' with Merrill Osmond
YouTube video by A Marvellous Party
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November 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Wow. Our authors, doing what they do.
Get 'em while they're hot!
Whoop! The 2nd print run of 'snapshots from the fall of home' has finally been delivered (a story in itself) and is now available at @ignitebooks.bsky.social online shop. ignitebooks.co.uk/product/snap...
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Get 'em while they're hot!
And that's another copy of Scrubber on its way from our online shop to a shrewd and discerning customer. You, too, can be like them. ignitebooks.co.uk/shop/ 😎
July 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
And that's another copy of Scrubber on its way from our online shop to a shrewd and discerning customer. You, too, can be like them. ignitebooks.co.uk/shop/ 😎
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This world is yours hers, his, theirs and everyone else's too 🌈
We believe in a world where everyone’s treated fairly. Where no one is left behind. Because happiness, safety and a life free from poverty is for everyone – no matter who you are.
Find out more ➡ bit.ly/3T6cIy8
We believe in a world where everyone’s treated fairly. Where no one is left behind. Because happiness, safety and a life free from poverty is for everyone – no matter who you are.
Find out more ➡ bit.ly/3T6cIy8
June 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This world is yours hers, his, theirs and everyone else's too 🌈
We believe in a world where everyone’s treated fairly. Where no one is left behind. Because happiness, safety and a life free from poverty is for everyone – no matter who you are.
Find out more ➡ bit.ly/3T6cIy8
We believe in a world where everyone’s treated fairly. Where no one is left behind. Because happiness, safety and a life free from poverty is for everyone – no matter who you are.
Find out more ➡ bit.ly/3T6cIy8
Leeds folk, this'll be worth going to...
Is Leeds the spiritual home of Goth? If not there, then where? (Northampton? Soho? Crawley? Transylvania?) We'll be debating this and more at Leeds Lit Fest on Mon 16 Jun. Come along!
www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/goth-...
www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/goth-...
June 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Leeds folk, this'll be worth going to...
Today, we're sharing the love readers have for 'Dogged' the incredible debut novel from @emmapurshouse.bsky.social. Set in Wolverhampton, focussing on two pensioners, a bingo win, and a tartan shopping trolley. Here's what readers have to say...
May 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Today, we're sharing the love readers have for 'Dogged' the incredible debut novel from @emmapurshouse.bsky.social. Set in Wolverhampton, focussing on two pensioners, a bingo win, and a tartan shopping trolley. Here's what readers have to say...
A message to our author Ian Elmslie from someone who's just finished reading A Marvellous Party...
"I loved your book... I especially enjoy how you write with your heart on your sleeve... the purpose of this message is just to say thank you – your work is inspiring." ❤️
"I loved your book... I especially enjoy how you write with your heart on your sleeve... the purpose of this message is just to say thank you – your work is inspiring." ❤️
May 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A message to our author Ian Elmslie from someone who's just finished reading A Marvellous Party...
"I loved your book... I especially enjoy how you write with your heart on your sleeve... the purpose of this message is just to say thank you – your work is inspiring." ❤️
"I loved your book... I especially enjoy how you write with your heart on your sleeve... the purpose of this message is just to say thank you – your work is inspiring." ❤️
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I'm late to this, but a great thread, well worth reading.
🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”
This was their response:
This was their response:
April 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm late to this, but a great thread, well worth reading.
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Thanks to everyone who’s already visited our relaunched online bookshop, and taken advantage of the special low prices on many of our titles. We’ve a range of great books with something for everyone. Head over to buff.ly/42yaFJk and fill yer boots!
April 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thanks to everyone who’s already visited our relaunched online bookshop, and taken advantage of the special low prices on many of our titles. We’ve a range of great books with something for everyone. Head over to buff.ly/42yaFJk and fill yer boots!
We've a new blog, about challenges and how we rise to them.
ignitebooks.co.uk/shaking-it-up/
ignitebooks.co.uk/shaking-it-up/
shaking it up – Ignite Books
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April 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We've a new blog, about challenges and how we rise to them.
ignitebooks.co.uk/shaking-it-up/
ignitebooks.co.uk/shaking-it-up/
And that’s a wrap. Safe journey home, everybody! 😊
We’re all set up at Stafford Publishers Fair in Rising Brook library. Come and see us for special offers on wonderful writing! 😊
April 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
And that’s a wrap. Safe journey home, everybody! 😊
We’re all set up at Stafford Publishers Fair in Rising Brook library. Come and see us for special offers on wonderful writing! 😊
April 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We’re all set up at Stafford Publishers Fair in Rising Brook library. Come and see us for special offers on wonderful writing! 😊
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Thanks to everyone who bought a copy of 'snapshots from the fall of home' last night in Ludlow. It appears that @ignitebooks.bsky.social now have fewer than twenty copies left. Whoop! Want one? Just follow the link... ignitebooks.co.uk/product/snap... 😊
Snapshots from the fall… – Ignite Books
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April 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thanks to everyone who bought a copy of 'snapshots from the fall of home' last night in Ludlow. It appears that @ignitebooks.bsky.social now have fewer than twenty copies left. Whoop! Want one? Just follow the link... ignitebooks.co.uk/product/snap... 😊
Congratulations to @emmapurshouse.bsky.social and @bigstevepoet.bsky.social on selling plenty of books last night in Ludlow when they supported @holliemcnish.bsky.social 😊
April 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congratulations to @emmapurshouse.bsky.social and @bigstevepoet.bsky.social on selling plenty of books last night in Ludlow when they supported @holliemcnish.bsky.social 😊
This Saturday, we'll be at Stafford Publishing Fair in Risingmill Library. Come along and say hi – we'll have some special offers which won't be available anywhere else!! 😎
April 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This Saturday, we'll be at Stafford Publishing Fair in Risingmill Library. Come along and say hi – we'll have some special offers which won't be available anywhere else!! 😎
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Gentle reminder to people who don't want writing advice: it's just advice. You don't have to take it.
April 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Gentle reminder to people who don't want writing advice: it's just advice. You don't have to take it.
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The Spring edition of The Blackcountryman is now out and about, and has been dropped at all the places that sell it on behalf of @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social including Dudley Canal Trust, Black Country Living Museum, the Black Country Hub at the Merry Hill Centre amongst other places.
April 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Spring edition of The Blackcountryman is now out and about, and has been dropped at all the places that sell it on behalf of @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social including Dudley Canal Trust, Black Country Living Museum, the Black Country Hub at the Merry Hill Centre amongst other places.
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I'm slightly amazed (and thoroughly delighted) to find that the memoir Ross and I worked together on is still selling, ten years on....
City Baby is now back in stock and on sale in our online shop!! 😎
March 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm slightly amazed (and thoroughly delighted) to find that the memoir Ross and I worked together on is still selling, ten years on....
City Baby is now back in stock and on sale in our online shop!! 😎
March 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
City Baby is now back in stock and on sale in our online shop!! 😎