Can't wait for the paperback? Pre-order a signed and personalised first-edition hardback of 'The Angel of St Piran,' here: linghams.co.uk/product/ange... This helps support my excellent local bookshop and it comes with a free chimpanzee* (*not really). Let me know if you enjoy it 😀

I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.

Curious about Zimbabwe post independence and love a story of sisterhood? Come along to @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social in Frodsham from 6.30pm on Fri 28th Aug for a free drink and a chat with debut author @zahirrawrites.bsky.social ! thecuriouscatbookshop.co.uk/product/zahi... #books📚💙

This is STUNNING - The Angel of St Piran has been selected as a Star Read by Love Reading! They are offering £2 off preorders (and they donate to schools!) Review and % here: www.lovereading.co.uk/book/9781915... @johnironmonger.bsky.social

an awesome #novel An upcoming new #book “Die Insel der Schimpansen” by @johnironmonger.bsky.social August 26, 2026 @sfischerverlage.bsky.social www.fischerverlage.de/buch/john-ir...

Train with the Publishing Academy at Fly on the Wall Press this year! Coming up: book design (with a focus on academic publishing), a live workshop on PR (working on a FOTW 2027 book), Penguin Random House audio & more. www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac... #publishingjobs #getintopublishing

Mini podcast time! If you enjoy learning about how best-selling authors have grown their career over the past 2 decades (and a journey from non fiction to fiction) check out below! substack.com/home/post/p-... @johnironmonger.bsky.social #books #author

Meet John Ironmonger: Zoologist Turned Bestselling Author (Podcast Inside)

Acquisitions announcement! Welcome to Maeve Clarke and 'A Handful of Nutmeg', a powerful tale of sisterhood in Lagombo, Africa

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Best-selling @johnironmonger.bsky.social 's novel, 'The Angel of St Piran' launches at #linghams A Cornish woman who takes on powerful vested interests when trophy hunters come to the Tanzanian island where she is living with and studying a troop of wild chimps linghams.co.uk/event/an-eve...

Invitation to a Book Launch: You're invited to the launch of 'The Angel of St Piran' at the amazing Linghams Bookstore in Heswall on 9th Sept. Click the link to pre-order a copy. I'd love to see you there :) linghams.co.uk/product/ange... @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

And if you're local to Scotland, why not preorder from #toppingsandco #theportobellobookshop @argonautbooks.bsky.social or #lighthousebookshop?

The Angel of St Piran launches in hardback in 100 days. So why not pick your favourite local bookshop and preorder a copy. You'll be doing me a favour, the bookstore a favour, and yourself a favour. This sticks it to trophy hunters in a gruesome but satisfying way. @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

This is the inestimable and unmissable Arathi Menon ... catch her in Manchester on 9th June talking about her novel 'Da' at Queer Lit, Gt Ancoats St at 7:00pm @fly_press @kenyon_isabelle @ArathiMen0n

What a great evening at @theater_am_rand this past weekend for their amazing and moving performance of 'The Year of the Dugong' (Das Jahr des Dugong). Huge thanks to Thomas Ruhmann and his brilliant cast. I love this theatre ...

www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/john-... Are you in Leeds in June? I'd love to see you at this event ...

John Ironmonger: Tackling Climate Change via Fiction

Climate change is the biggest story of our time, yet few novelists are prepared to grapple with it. John Ironmonger

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Was für eine Reise in die Welt ausgestorbener Arten #germanbooksky mit Illustrationen und Geschichten über Auerochsen, Wandertauben und und … @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social verschiedene Autor:innen beschreiben sie auf ihre Weise @johnironmonger.bsky.social @helenmacdonald.bsky.social u.a.

It has been an amazing few days launching ‘The Wager and the Bear’ in Poland niedzwiedz i zaklad o pryzslosv Huge thanks to fabulous @GRelacja and Robert Jasiak and Jowita and Aleksandra and Anna and all the other great folk in Warsaw and Czestochowa. Let’s do it all again soon x

Book post from this morning, perks of a bookshop! This is an advance copy of @johnironmonger.bsky.social The Angel of St Piran due out in September, from @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social The Wager and the Bear was one of my favourite books of 2025, very much looking forward to this. #booksky

If only there was a gripping adventure novel that Donald Trump could read that features a climate denying world leader, and that would educate him about the climate crisis ...

A brilliant #climatefiction panel this evening at #yorkliteraturefestival with @johnironmonger.bsky.social author of #thewagerandthebear and @amylilwall.bsky.social author of #thewaterthatmaycome #Books

Excited to report that 'The Wager and the Bear' will launch in Poland on 25 March. A huge thank you to the amazing team at Relacja in Warsaw...

If you’re in York this Friday it would be awesome to see you here … 😃

This Friday, as part of @yorklitfest.bsky.social two fabulous Cli Fi writers, @johnironmonger.bsky.social and @amylilwall.bsky.social will be presenting a talk about Climate Fiction and the future of the planet. It looks great! @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

It's York Literary Festival next week and I'll be there along with the excellent @johnironmonger.bsky.social and the equally as excellent @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social to discuss all things climate fiction. It would be lovely to see you there! 📚💙🌊 www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/climate...

The Wager And The Bear by @johnironmonger.bsky.social John Ironmonger is a sharply written, descriptive, redemptive tale following 2 men at odds within a changing climate. Great characters, plot, descriptions & prose

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If you missed novel 'The Wager and the Bear' by @johnironmonger.bsky.social in 2025, imagine... Two men floating away from Greenland on an iceberg, with only a hungry polar bear for company; the outcome of a bet or wager, foolishly committed to decades before...

If you missed novel 'The Wager and the Bear' by @johnironmonger.bsky.social in 2025, imagine... Two men floating away from Greenland on an iceberg, with only a hungry polar bear for company; the outcome of a bet or wager, foolishly committed to decades before...

It's time to introduce our 2026 list: our year of travel. This year we're bringing readers journeys across continents - from Zimbabwe to Latvia, Tanzania to Slovenia www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... #books📚💙 @arathimenon.bsky.social @zahirrawrites.bsky.social @johnironmonger.bsky.social

The @hatchards.bsky.social website reminds me of chocolate! :D And a preorder of @johnironmonger.bsky.social 's The Angel of St Piran would indeed be a treat... A life-affirming novel of an idealistic young student and a dangerous family of wild chimpanzees. www.hatchards.co.uk/book/the-ang...

Do yourselves a favour this January- go and see #Hamnet on the big screen. It’s a masterpiece. You’ll thank me 🎬

Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.

For all my German speaking friends on Bluesky - if you enjoyed 'Der Wal' why not try 'Der Eisbar.' And here's wishing you a very happy New Year!