Rachel from Shades of Orange loves IGNORE - calling it even more personal and timely than the OUTSIDE books, which she also loved. 😊 youtube.com/watch?v=iTsn...
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Back to meeting the characters! Here's Rowan di Pietro - the love interest & second protagonist from IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. (Plus, a summary of other recent book news.)
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April 15 at 2pm. Goodwin Hall room 230. 25 Union St. Kingston ON K7L 3N6. Ignore All Previous Instructions: A Novel. "A love story and also a love letter to the power of human creativity and imagination as resistance." Dr Carolyn Lamb writing as Ada Hoffmann. Hosted by Queen's University.
Psst. Any folks on here from Kingston? You get to sneak into my very first, early reading event next week where there may be an early surprise prize or two...
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A table of pull quotes. Praise for "Ignore All Previous Instructions" "A revelation... 10 out of 10." - John Joseph Adams "Thrilling, prescient, and emotionally rich." - Publishers Weekly "Intimate, hopeful, and completely charming." - Kelly Robson "A triumph." - Jordan Kurella "A delight." - Bogi Takacs "Liberating and meaningful." - RB Lemberg "Precisely the book we need right now." - Izzy Wasserstein "This is science fiction with heart, soul, and brains." - Maria Haskins
See what the critics are raving about!
IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS launches in just 33 DAYS.
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Screenshot from n.wu.reads.aloud on Instagram. Nancy Wu, a Chinese woman in a tank top, poses in front of a red backdrop with a laptop showing the cover art of Ignore All Previous Instructions. Yellow lanterns can be seen overhead. Bubbles of text in the image say: "So happy. Just starting in the booth with Ada's new book! Ada Hoffmann's writing is simply fantastic. Recording in Bangkok, Thailand. Grateful to @recordedbooks audiobooks and @vintagestudio.thailand"
From Instagram - here's Nancy Wu getting ready to record. :D
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Can confirm, IGNORE is VERY trans rights.
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Just got off the Zoom call with my narrator for the audio edition of IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS and omg. You are going to love this audiobook so much. We went through ideas for voices for all of the characters and Nancy's robot voice had me in stitches laughing. She's so good.
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Psst. Want to meet the main characters from IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS? Here's a sneak peek: buttondown.com/ada-hoffmann...
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If you want more fun little promo things, then you can ignore this Pinterest board :)
No characters, just setting/aesthetics that I pulled together early in the writing process, because each moon that we visit in IGNORE has its own special feel.
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Oh hey I didn't realize it is also EXCERPT DAY!
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Later I'll write a longer post somewhere with explanations of the songs, but for now, you can just press Play and bask in the vibes. Since the songs are picked to tell the story, I recommend listening to them in order.
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Here's a cheeruppy little roundup of recent book news: buttondown.com/ada-hoffmann...
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'Scuse me, coming through, STARRED REVIEW: www.publishersweekly.com/9781616964566
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Ignore this mini book tour - sneak preview! Virtual Can*Con April 18 - panelist info to come Bakka Phoenix Books - Toronto, ON Launch day event! Tuesday, May 12, 6:00pm Indigo - Kingston, ON Launch week signing event Saturday, May 16, 11:00am-3:00pm More stops to be announced Watch this space!
Y'all, I am going on a little tour.
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I'd say "ignore this cover art," but apparently Netgalley could not ignore it - IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS will be featured on their main page as part of their Cover Love feature.
Check it out here: www.netgalley.com
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Took some time today and made a bunch of little website updates!
In particular, ur fav now has a Purchase Links page: www.ada-hoffmann.com/books/ignore...
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"...but the last two lines tempted me break my scale so I could give it an 11."
I didn't even know JJA had been sent a review copy. I am speechless. Best blurb. Thank you so much, John!!
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Kelli hates phones so intensely that she declines the call before even knowing anything about whether it is a scam or not.
Rowan is savvy enough to know that all the scams on Callisto are done by AI chatbots, so he just prompt injects them into giving him whatever he wants.
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Guess what I just put on my website? A secret deleted scene.
Sign up to my newsletter between now and July 1 and you'll get the link as a thank-you!
(Existing subscribers have already received the link in a secret email; check your inboxes.)
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Book cover of Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann. Above and below the cover there is extra text, which says, "Get 25% off Indigo's most anticipated sci-fi books! Shop the pre-order sale February 2nd-8th."
Ignore this pre-order campaign ad!
Or maybe don't, because actually I AM SO EXCITED my book is one of Indigo's most anticipated sci-fi books!!!
For those of you not in Canada, this is basically Canadian Barnes & Noble, and it's giving you 25% off if you pre-order next week.
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Cover of the book Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffmann with arrows pointing to it. The text next to the arrows says: Be gay, do crimes! Trans M / cis F. New Adult. Queer coming of age. Autistic / ADHD relationship. Anti-LLM. Childhood friends to lovers / second chance. Prompt injection heist. Book bans (we're against them.) Writer MC. Sad backstory / happy ending. The power of imagination!!! Outwitting the clankers. Space colonies. Good girl / bad boy. Let me take you for a ride in my spaceship... Space media pirates.
I always wanted to make one of those graphics with the arrows and now I have :D
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What are five things in your upcoming release? (IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS)
-- Space pirates who smuggle human stories into AI-land
-- Doing prompt injection on your autistic friend's ableist robot
-- Trans m / cis f romance
-- Queer coming of age
-- Spaceshiiiiips
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Ninja, a black cat with green eyes, lounges contentedly on a pink pillow with a copy of Ada Hoffmann's book, "Ignore All Previous Instructions."
Kitteh approved.
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(oh and because I repeatedly forgot to put the hashtag, #IgnoreThisBook)
...But that’s just the start. Ignore All Previous Instructions is precisely the book we need right now. Gentle yet unflinching, Hoffman reminds us why we need stories and why they might just save us."
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", even as its neurodivergent hero steals your heart." - @mariadongwrites.bsky.social , Author of Liar, Dreamer, Thief and Aviary
Thank you Maria 💕
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I think I've spotted the first advance review of IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS in the wild (by @julietk.bsky.social):
"A thoughtful, engrossing SF novel about AI, creativity, censorship, and gender (with an autistic protagonist). Highly recommended."
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Cover to IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS by Ada Hoffman Cover by Elizabeth Story
Yesterday we revealed the cover to @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social's forthcoming novel IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS.
Coming May 2026
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Okay, so since I bungled this part of the announcement yesterday, here's a proper announcement: Pre-orders for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS are OPEN!!
And if you're in the US, then the best place to get them is direct from the publisher: tachyonpublications.com/product/igno...
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WAIT I just realized Tachyon's website has an excerpt AND A PRE-ORDER LINK???
YOU CAN PRE-ORDER! PRE-ORDERS ARE LIVE!! AAAAAAA
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