Soapbox

Here we are, at the start of a new financial year. That means that our Ignite authors have all received the payments they were due for sales of their books…

In a few days, the seventh – yes, the seventh! – edition of City Baby will arrive at Ignite Villas, presuming the delivery driver can make his/her/their way here through…

Yep, City Baby has sold out once more. The entirety of the sixth print run – bar the one, solitary, lonely copy in this picture – has made its way…

There’s no such thing as an ordinary week for a small, indie publisher. Every time we log onto the laptop and check our emails, we find something unexpected and (occasionally)…

Our series of special offers on some of our titles in our start-the-year sale is now over. It’s been a great way to put more copies of our books in…

We’re already one week into 2025, the decorations have been packed away, the festive season is a fast-receding memory, and the sun – thank god – is shining. Winter is…

Last year, we published Dancing Barefoot: How to be Common by Glyn Brown. It’s an incredible book: a beautifully written memoir which lays bare the difficulties which come with living…

When it comes to the festive season, books are a staple present for friends and family. What to get that uncle, aunt, or cousin you see just once or twice…

The clocks have gone back, the evenings are damp and dark, and winter is barrelling its way towards us. Supermarkets have had mince pies and lebkuchen on the shelves for…

Sitting looking out of the windows here at Ignite Villas, watching the heavy thundery showers sweep in as the temperature plummets, it’s clear that summer has shuffled off and left…

You’ve probably heard more than enough recently about the difficulties and challenges small presses are facing. So here’s a piece in praise of our successes, our small victories, the things…

Stuck inside Ignite Villas – as a cold, grey, wet Spring dragged on and on and on – we took a look at this website and realised it needed something of…