2 DAYS until IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS
Everything Is True
Ada Hoffmann's author newsletter
I’m at the point where I’m so nervous-excited I can barely talk, so this will be a concise one.
IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS is out this Tuesday! May the 12th! And I’m heading to Toronto to celebrate the launch in style:
And if you’re in Kingston, then the date to circle on your calendar is Saturday, May 16, from 11am-3pm: that’s when I’ll be at the Indigo at the Cataraqui Centre, signing as many copies as you can hand to me.
Some other quick last minute notes:
We’re giving away one print copy on Goodreads. US only because tariffs suck. Open until the 12th. As of this writing, over 2000 people are already in!
And on Storygraph, one print copy (still US only) plus three e-copies. Over 1000 people have signed up in each category (but of course that means, with the e-copies, your odds are 3x as good). This one will stay open until the 19th.
The full starred review of IGNORE is available now at Booklist.
Literary Hub also recommends IGNORE as one of its Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of May, calling it “terrifyingly prescient” and “necessary.” You can read the whole list on their website.
I have a short story, “Ten Unsent Letters to the Dark Lord,” out this month in Lightspeed Magazine. This is a fun/sad little bit of fantasy, totally unrelated to IGNORE, with a story behind it which you can read in the attached Author Spotlight. If you buy the PDF, then you can read the story and spotlight right now! If you’d rather wait and get it free, it will be free to read on Thursday the 21st. I’ll post again with more details at that point.
And I’m one of the five #ownvoices autistic authors in this five-way interview about autistic representation on Bookstr.
Meanwhile, if you have been holding out for the audiobook version of IGNORE, Recorded Books has put up a fan page where you can quickly find it at your preferred place where audiobooks are sold.
And if you pre-ordered a print copy - at least in the UK, and possibly parts of the US - then Bluesky suggests that they are beginning to be delivered, even now.
You’ll hear from me again after the launch when I have stopped vibrating with excitement and can say things coherently. And, if you are in Toronto, see you soon!
