📚Ashley Thorpe📚

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 was lovely meeting Anna! I really hope she enjoys it ⭐

This weekend! www.tickettailor.com/events/holmf...

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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&...

From the Fantasy community on Reddit: I'm Ashley Thorpe, author of THE BOY TO BEAT THE GODS. SPIRIT WARRIORS is now out in the world. AMA! Explore this post and more from the Fantasy community

I'm live on the r/Fantasy sub-Reddit right now for AMA (Ask Me Anything). AND I'm doing a book giveaway for the best question (UK only): www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

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...

Warranted fear 😆

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.

Spirit Warriors (signed and dedicated pre-order) - Wonderland Bookshop Publishes 14th August 2025. Ashley will be signing on 15th August 2025, so books will be dispatched after this date. "A gripping, vivid magical action adventure." Louie Stowell, author of Loki "Phen...

The happiest of book birthdays to @ashleythorpe.bsky.social with Spirit Warriors!

Ashley is here signing tomorrow and we can post out signed and dedicated copies. Order here:

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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.

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.

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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Spirit Warriors: A Blog by Ashley Thorpe | Centre for Literacy in Primary Education Fantasy as a method of teaching real history and cultureOne of the most effective ways to engage young readers with unfamiliar lived realities and histories is ...

Wrote a few words about how fantasy can be an effective and safe space for teaching real histories and cultural experiences. clpe.org.uk/blog/spirit-...

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!

Last day of the Waterstones sale! www.waterstones.com/book/spirit-...

"Would their child become a diviner? A healer? A spirit waker?"
In Spirit Warriors, @ashleythorpe.bsky.social conjures a world of ancestral magic, power, and purpose rooted in Jamaican folklore. A cracking opening and concept! Perfect for KS2 readers.
Publishing 14 August #Usborne #SpiritWarriors

Wow! This is absolutely impossible to put down. Fast-paced, addictive and phenomenal storytelling. Loved it! 🌟😍📚 @ashleythorpe.bsky.social

Thanks very much. If you wouldn't mind leaving a review somewhere like Goodreads, Waterstones, Amazon where others can see and potentially decide to read it as well, I'd greatly appreciate the support 🙏🏾

Thinking about pre-ordering Spirit Warriors? Get 25% off now for the Waterstones Summer Sale: www.waterstones.com/book/spirit-...