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? 😊

Wow. Our authors, doing what they do.

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/ 😎

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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...

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'm late to this, but a great thread, well worth reading.

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/

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! 😊

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 😊

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!! 😎

Gentle reminder to people who don't want writing advice: it's just advice. You don't have to take it.

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.

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!! 😎

Thanks to those of you who've pre-ordered a copy! ❤️

Pre-order your copy now!! 😊

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The re-print of City Baby will be with us by the end of the month. 😎 Want to know more? Here you go... ignitebooks.co.uk/lucky-number...

Good news! The 7th print run of City Baby will be with us by the end of the month. 😎 ignitebooks.co.uk/product/city...

I loved this memoir when I read it. It's just smashing.

Highlight of today? Sending a parcel packed with copies of A Marvellous Party off to a school in East Sussex. Done in advance of a talk there by author Ian Elmslie. You lucky people – you're in for a treat! 😊

If you missed our BIG news about City Baby last week, you can find it here: ignitebooks.co.uk/oops-we-did-...

This news has made a good day even better. Writing this book with Ross was an absolute joy. #PunkRock #SpringInMyStep

It's only gone and done it again! Yes, our book City Baby has just SOLD OUT for the sixth time!! Huge thanks from us to every single person who's bought a copy – this is far and away our best-selling title. ❤️

If you're one of the folk who decided to celebrate International Boycott Amazon And The Other Monsters Day by purchasing books from a small, independent publisher... thank you. ❤️

That's our Twitter account officially closed down, then. 😎

We'll stop updating our Twitter account at the end of the month, and won't have anything to do with it after that. It's just an awful platform now. Hopefully, most of our followers will come and find us here... #FingersCrossed

If you've been enjoying my poems here, can I point you to my latest collection? 'snapshots from the fall of home' is available from @ignitebooks.bsky.social Thanks. 🙏 ignitebooks.co.uk/product/snap...

Thanks, too, to all the folk who bought copies of 'snapshots from the fall of home'. I'm heading home with far fewer books than I came with. 😎 And if you're reading this and would like one, they're available from @ignitebooks.bsky.social ignitebooks.co.uk/product/snap...

Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.

What's our working week like? Predictably unpredictable... ignitebooks.co.uk/variety-spic...

We've hit the ground running this morning. One copy of 'City Baby' sent out 1st class to someone who's flying out to Australia in a few days (don't want them to miss out on some great reading for the flight!). And a huge parcel of 'A Marvellous Party' sent to the venue for an Ian Elmslie talk. 😎

It's the weekend. So we wrote a little blog about our year so far... ignitebooks.co.uk/its-a-wrap/

Our start-of-year sale is now over. Happy reading to all those folks who popped along to our online shop and snapped up quality work at unbeatable prices! 😊

If #Leicester beat #ManUtd tonight one lucky person to repost this will win one of our limited edition posters: tufac.bigcartel.com/product/pale...

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This sale ends today!

Great read.

It's the final week of our start-the-year sale, which means that right now you can snap up a copy of 'But after the gig...' in our online shop for just £7.50 +p&p. And it's an absolute belter! #PunkRock #Memoir #BookSky #Discharge #TezzRoberts ignitebooks.co.uk/product/but-...

Just back from a stroll to the Post Office in the glorious February sunshine. If you ordered books from us in the last 24 hours, they're now on their way. Happy reading! 😎

Thanks to everyone who's been buying books from our online shop during our start-of-the-year sale. You've helped make what's always a very quiet time of the year a whole lot busier. 🙏

Quietly chuffed that our packaging on all the books we send out is now 100% recyclable and plastic-free. Admittedly, it's taken a while to get there (we had old stock bought in which needed using) but we made it. #SmallStepsForward #ToABetterPlanet

It's week four of our 2025 sale, and this week the book on offer is 'But after the gig...' the rip-roaring tale of punk rock legend Tezz Roberts, founder member of Discharge, guitarist in more bands than we can mention. #PunkRock #Music #Memoir #Discharge #TezzRoberts