treading the boards
One of the challenges for any author is getting yourself and your book in front of an audience you hope – you know – will want to spend their hard-earned cash on the literary gem you’ve crafted. Authors signed up…
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nuneaton’s finest
On Saturday, we were up bright and early to head down the M6 to Nuneaton, and the town’s branch of Waterstones. It’s the home town of UK wrestling legend Scrubber Daly – he was born and brought up a couple…
in, out, about.
Today is a quiet day at Ignite Villas. We’re catching up on housework and watching greenfinch squabbling at the bird feeder. It’s just what the doctor ordered after a busy weekend at Wolves Lit Fest, and we’re all for following…
indie bookshops
We’re always looking for new ways to promote what we do and publicise our authors’ work. Recently, we’ve been teaming up with local independent bookshops, putting on events where we come along, talk to their audience about what Ignite does…
new year, new plans
Happy New Year to you all! (yeah, we know we’re twelve days in already – what can we tell you?) And yes, world news is a horrorshow, but here in this little corner of cyberspace we’re keeping our eyes firmly…
hot off the press
Or – more accurately – currently at the press. The seventh collection of poems from Steve Pottinger will be officially published in January 2024, but is at the printers right now and will be in stock at the Ignite online…
a word from our sponsors
The clocks have gone back, the world’s going to hell in a handbasket, and here we are – still in the business of selling books. We’ve got two things to say about that: Thank you to each and every person…
a little gem
Yesterday evening, we popped along to Script Haven bookshop in Worcester – we say ‘bookshop’, but it’s a thriving community hub which serves good coffee and great cake and supports local authors, so that one word doesn’t begin to do it…
out on the road
One of the major challenges for small presses is how to let as many people as possible know what you’re up to. A loyal customer base is a good starting point – and we send out regular newsletters to keep in…
tricky times
It’s not easy being an independent publisher right now. We’re not the first small publishing house to point this out – it’s a regular theme on Twitter, and a pressing concern for a lot of small businesses – but we thought we’d…