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We returned home to Ignite Villas on Friday afternoon, still floating on the excitement of Ian Elmslie’s book launch in London the previous evening (you can read more about that here, by the way) and found a note pushed through…

There are times when being a publisher is a grind, a hard slog. It’s not unique to publishing, of course, any job has its downside. Set against those times, thankfully, are the moments which make it all worthwhile. Yesterday’s book…

This is going to be one exciting week. On Thursday we rattle down to that there London to launch our fabulous new book A Marvellous Party at Gay’s The Word bookshop. It’s not officially published till October 1st, but this…

Ah well, guess that’s the end of summer, then. *sigh* Time to get back to the grindstone… Which means a stock-take at Ignite Villas, and the discovery – a very pleasant discovery – that over the past few months, while…

It’s been just over three weeks since we got A Marvellous Party from the printers. We’re very pleased to say that – in those three weeks – with sales via our website and through author Ian Elmslie getting out and about with…

The party has landed! A Marvellous Party – our new book, written by Ian Elmslie – is now here. In fact, it’s not just here – as any self-respecting party should, it’s got out and about already. Copies are in the post to…

There’s one thing driving force which underpins everything we do here at Ignite: our love of stories. We’re absolutely passionate about work which has something to say about the world, about how we find our place in it, and – above…

Welcome to the new all-singing, all-dancing Ignite website! We hope you like the new look (it’s easier on the eye for those of us who have to surf cyberspace in our reading glasses) and we think the cleaner, less cluttered…

It’s always nice to have some good news to share, and we’re proud as punch to announce that Ignite author Carl Stanley is one of the twelve authors on the longlist for this year’s Polari Literary Prize. If you haven’t…

This time last week we found the largest box we could, packed it with copies of City Baby, took it to our local agent for an international courier, and sent it on its way. A few days later it arrived…