📚Ashley Thorpe📚
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📚Ashley Thorpe📚
@ashleythorpe.bsky.social
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Author of THE BOY TO BEAT THE GODS and SPIRIT WARRIORS https://linktr.ee/ashleythorpe Rep'd by Alice Sutherland-Hawes (He/Him)
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Official publication day for Spirit Warriors! I celebrated by cycling 36 miles to sign copies at indie bookshops around Greater Manchester. But here are some photos of me looking slightly fresher at the launch last weekend. So, so proud of this book.
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My interview with @ashleythorpe.bsky.social is now up!
Really enjoyed the talk! Check it out here!

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CBNN’s Bookshop of the Month for October is Urmston Books in Urmston. They tell us about their Book of the Month, Spirit Warriors by Ashley Thorpe. Link in bio for full interview 📚 @urmstonbooks.bsky.social @ashleythorpe.bsky.social
Free Spirit Warriors teacher resources for KS2 and KS3 at ashleythorpe.com/resources-fo... Perfect for #BlackHistoryMonth and EVERY month.
This weekend! Join us as our panel discuss making middle grade fun!
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It's always great working with @write-mentor.bsky.social and I'm really looking forward to this panel at WOWCON on Sunday 5th October! We'll be chatting about writing child-oriented adventures that pack an emotional wallop without losing the fun. Tickets here: wowcon.heysummit.com?sc=nOrRwkch&...
It was lovely meeting Anna! I really hope she enjoys it ⭐
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📙 Episode 34: @Ashley__Thorpe on 'The Boy to Beat the Gods' and 'Spirit Warriors' 🔗 Listen here: https://loom.ly/Yu9NQ70 or wherever you get your podcasts!
It's always great working with @write-mentor.bsky.social and I'm really looking forward to this panel at WOWCON on Sunday 5th October! We'll be chatting about writing child-oriented adventures that pack an emotional wallop without losing the fun. Tickets here: wowcon.heysummit.com?sc=nOrRwkch&...
Excited to be taking the stage at Holmfirth Book Festival Saturday 27th September! holmfirthbookfestival.co.uk/events/
Convincing you to buy my latest MG fantasy adventure on #ReadABookDay

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A moving, funny and resonant middle grade debut. Big fan of @ihussainwriter.bsky.social's writing and I know you will be too! The Night I Borrowed Time comes out February 2026.
Woo! I am so happy to be back in beautiful Yorkshire, taking stage at The Civic, Main Hall. There is so much to talk about both folkloric and historical with my new book Spirit Warriors. I really look forward to sharing it all with you! Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/holmf...
I finished God of War: Ragnarok, ending the franchise's Norse saga, and man I have so many great things to say about the game, particularly how it tackles masculinity, fatherhood, owning our decisions and choices vs fate. Anyway, that made me smile a lot
Spirit Warriors is Indie Children's Book of the Month for August, and I decided to have fun with it - stringing cycle routes together for as many visits as I could to sign some copies.
Free #liverpool event for kids! Book signing plus a chance for kids to author their own stories, taking inspiration from folk tales, fairy tales and mytholoygy: www.waterstones.com/events/ashle...
Next author event is at @WaterstonesLPL I love Liverpool so excited to take Spirit Warriors on the road, and get kids writing!
Official publication day for Spirit Warriors! I celebrated by cycling 36 miles to sign copies at indie bookshops around Greater Manchester. But here are some photos of me looking slightly fresher at the launch last weekend. So, so proud of this book.
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We were so thrilled to have @ashleythorpe.bsky.social come into the store today to sign some copies of his new book Spirit Warriors.

Congratulations on getting picked for #indiebookofthemonth for August, it's always lovely to see a local Manchester author doing well!!
Set to be your new fave witchy YA! Emma Hinds has crafted a perfect blend of contemporary and folklore. A tender and gripping exploration of grief, non-binary empowerment, and love in many forms. Publishes in October.
It was a real pleasure chatting with Jermaine on BBC Radio Merseyside, about Spirit Warriors and our shared Caribbean heritage. The programme broadcast 8/8/25 8pm. My interview starts at around 1 hour 18 mins, and is split in two parts
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UK Black with Ngunan Adamu - Jermaine Foster sits in (08/08/2025) - BBC Sounds
Music, good vibes and stories from our African and Caribbean communities.
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I owe so much to all of the passionate indie booksellers who've championed my debut this past year. My successes are because of the love you've shown my stories. Thank you @babooksellers.bsky.social for making my second book Spirit Warriors your children's book of the month for August!