John Ironmonger
@johnironmonger.bsky.social
Bestselling novelist. Zoologist. Cruciverbalist. Husband. Dad. Grandpops. Festival Prize winner. Costa short-lister. And I've seen a Javan rhino.
It's Christmas! And books always make the best gifts. Here is a story the readers in your life will love. It delivers adventure, romance, a deadly wager, Cornwall, climate peril, and a bear. Find a copy on any bookseller's site. Happy Christmas. www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's Christmas! And books always make the best gifts. Here is a story the readers in your life will love. It delivers adventure, romance, a deadly wager, Cornwall, climate peril, and a bear. Find a copy on any bookseller's site. Happy Christmas. www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
There's a wonderful tree-planting project in Bavaria where you can stay in a tree house and get a free copy of 'The Wager and the Bear' [Der Eisbar und die hoffnung auf morgen] And there's my face on the signboard! Surreal! Check out waldistzukunft.de
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
There's a wonderful tree-planting project in Bavaria where you can stay in a tree house and get a free copy of 'The Wager and the Bear' [Der Eisbar und die hoffnung auf morgen] And there's my face on the signboard! Surreal! Check out waldistzukunft.de
Hugest congratulations to @JonIronmonger.bsky.social for winning the Most Impactful Original Story for his outstanding documentary on slavery on the High St at the BBC Local Awards. Really well deserved and such an important story
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hugest congratulations to @JonIronmonger.bsky.social for winning the Most Impactful Original Story for his outstanding documentary on slavery on the High St at the BBC Local Awards. Really well deserved and such an important story
I am so proud to be included in this amazing anthology from Matthias Jugler and Penguin - 'Wir dachten, wir konnten fliegen' (We thought we could fly). 19 writers contributed stories about extinction. Mine is about the Passenger Pigeon. Please Penguin - let's see an English edition!
October 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I am so proud to be included in this amazing anthology from Matthias Jugler and Penguin - 'Wir dachten, wir konnten fliegen' (We thought we could fly). 19 writers contributed stories about extinction. Mine is about the Passenger Pigeon. Please Penguin - let's see an English edition!
I'm really excited to be part of Liverpool Literary Festival this October #LivLitFest talking about climate fiction and 'The Wager and the Bear.' If you're in the North West that week it would be amazing to see you there. lnkd.in/eSxsJSUZ
September 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I'm really excited to be part of Liverpool Literary Festival this October #LivLitFest talking about climate fiction and 'The Wager and the Bear.' If you're in the North West that week it would be amazing to see you there. lnkd.in/eSxsJSUZ
It's #independentbookshopweek If you are anywhere near #wirral I shall be guest-bookseller at the incomparable Linghams Books in Heswall tomorrow (Saturday) from 1pm to big-up 'The Wager and the Bear.' Do call in to say, 'hi.' I'd love to see you. And here's to indie bookshops!
June 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It's #independentbookshopweek If you are anywhere near #wirral I shall be guest-bookseller at the incomparable Linghams Books in Heswall tomorrow (Saturday) from 1pm to big-up 'The Wager and the Bear.' Do call in to say, 'hi.' I'd love to see you. And here's to indie bookshops!
Such a great bookstore in Amsterdam : Boekhandel van Rossum and really lovely customers. Loved signing there. Thank you Julie Couture. I’m looking forward to coming back next year 😃#thewagerandthebear
June 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Such a great bookstore in Amsterdam : Boekhandel van Rossum and really lovely customers. Loved signing there. Thank you Julie Couture. I’m looking forward to coming back next year 😃#thewagerandthebear
A review in the Morning Star no less 😃 of #TheWagerandtheBear
May 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A review in the Morning Star no less 😃 of #TheWagerandtheBear
A great day at the amazing Northern Publishers Fair. Lovely to meet @alicefwrites.bsky.social . And we sold out of ‘The Wager and the Bear’ by lunchtime!😮 @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A great day at the amazing Northern Publishers Fair. Lovely to meet @alicefwrites.bsky.social . And we sold out of ‘The Wager and the Bear’ by lunchtime!😮 @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
Fabulous evening with this amazing Manchester book group yesterday… a huge thank you to all of you … and you weren’t at all scary ❤️ #thewagerandthebear @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Fabulous evening with this amazing Manchester book group yesterday… a huge thank you to all of you … and you weren’t at all scary ❤️ #thewagerandthebear @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
A drunken bet that only one man can survive… this is ‘The Wager and the Bear.’
April 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A drunken bet that only one man can survive… this is ‘The Wager and the Bear.’
If only Trump and Musk had heard of Britain’s bumbling Gerald Ratner they would know how a thoughtless CEO can trash a brand so comprehensively it will never recover. #BrandUSA and #BrandTesla once so admired, now look like basket cases and the world may never respect either again.
March 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If only Trump and Musk had heard of Britain’s bumbling Gerald Ratner they would know how a thoughtless CEO can trash a brand so comprehensively it will never recover. #BrandUSA and #BrandTesla once so admired, now look like basket cases and the world may never respect either again.
What a delight to meet so many amazing booksellers and to sign so many copies of ‘The Wager and the Bear’ Huge thanks to everyone. The tour resumes soon … @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What a delight to meet so many amazing booksellers and to sign so many copies of ‘The Wager and the Bear’ Huge thanks to everyone. The tour resumes soon … @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social
A real treat today signing copies of ‘The Wager and the Bear’ at the amazing Forum Books in Corbridge. Can you spot Rosie looking suspicious? @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A real treat today signing copies of ‘The Wager and the Bear’ at the amazing Forum Books in Corbridge. Can you spot Rosie looking suspicious? @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @northlitagency.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social
Great to visit the gorgeous accidental BOOKSHOP in Alnwick and to meet Helen as part of The Wager and the Bear tour @thewagerandthebear
March 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Great to visit the gorgeous accidental BOOKSHOP in Alnwick and to meet Helen as part of The Wager and the Bear tour @thewagerandthebear
Loved visiting the gorgeous St Ives Bookseller to sign copies of ‘The Wager and the Bear.’ What a lovely shop … 😃 @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Loved visiting the gorgeous St Ives Bookseller to sign copies of ‘The Wager and the Bear.’ What a lovely shop … 😃 @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
What a great shop … the bookshop in Helston … lovely people… I’m here to promote #TheWagerandtheBear. ❤️Cornwall
March 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What a great shop … the bookshop in Helston … lovely people… I’m here to promote #TheWagerandtheBear. ❤️Cornwall
What a great evening with passionate book people at the @falmouthbookseller.bsky.social Thank you Eloise. Such a lovely shop. #thewagerandthebear @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What a great evening with passionate book people at the @falmouthbookseller.bsky.social Thank you Eloise. Such a lovely shop. #thewagerandthebear @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
Super pile of books to sign at Waterstones in Truro. Fabulous book shop and lovely people. Got to love Cornwall ❤️#TheWagerandtheBear @waterstones.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @
March 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Super pile of books to sign at Waterstones in Truro. Fabulous book shop and lovely people. Got to love Cornwall ❤️#TheWagerandtheBear @waterstones.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @
Excited to be sharing a stage with the amazing @katiescribbles.bsky.social on 25th March at Northern Stage in Newcastle - and today this lovely book arrived - I'm looking forward to reading it ...#climatefiction
February 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Excited to be sharing a stage with the amazing @katiescribbles.bsky.social on 25th March at Northern Stage in Newcastle - and today this lovely book arrived - I'm looking forward to reading it ...#climatefiction
So it’s publication day for ‘The Wager and the Bear.’ A big thank you to @flyonthewallpress for their amazing support, and thank you to everyone who has jumped right in with some great reviews. If you’re up for it, look out for a copy in your local bookstore. 🙏 Oh … and let me know if you enjoy it 😃
February 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
So it’s publication day for ‘The Wager and the Bear.’ A big thank you to @flyonthewallpress for their amazing support, and thank you to everyone who has jumped right in with some great reviews. If you’re up for it, look out for a copy in your local bookstore. 🙏 Oh … and let me know if you enjoy it 😃
There are at least NINE amazing bookshops in Edinburgh! Had a wonderful day yesterday visiting them all to sign and promote 'The Wager and the Bear.' Great shops ... lovely people all passionate about books. Thank you 👏@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @linalanglee.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
There are at least NINE amazing bookshops in Edinburgh! Had a wonderful day yesterday visiting them all to sign and promote 'The Wager and the Bear.' Great shops ... lovely people all passionate about books. Thank you 👏@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @linalanglee.bsky.social
A lovely new edition of ‘Not Forgetting the Whale’ (Sans Oublier La Baleine) … merci beaucoup to my fabulous French publisher @editionsnami
January 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A lovely new edition of ‘Not Forgetting the Whale’ (Sans Oublier La Baleine) … merci beaucoup to my fabulous French publisher @editionsnami
Look what’s rolling off the presses! So exciting. 🤗 Launch date 21 Feb … look for it in your local bookshop. And if you’re a bookclub please check it out …
January 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Look what’s rolling off the presses! So exciting. 🤗 Launch date 21 Feb … look for it in your local bookshop. And if you’re a bookclub please check it out …
t.co/RI0DSP5dcZ The Inauguration Speech that could save the world (if only). #Trump #Inauguration #Climate crisis
January 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
t.co/RI0DSP5dcZ The Inauguration Speech that could save the world (if only). #Trump #Inauguration #Climate crisis