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Fleur Hitchcock

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Author of crime for kids. #MurderatChristmas coming out in October 25 with @nosycrow.bsky.social West Country UK Expert Children's Bookseller - she/her. #kidlituk @AgentKateShaw.bsky.social

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · May 21

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SHINEEEEEEEE.

I’ve a book coming out in October – and yes, it’s a Christmas Murder Mystery for 8+. Capital letters, just so that you get the idea. It’s set in a hotel, it has snow and bic…

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Scoobiesue2 @scoobiesue2.bsky.social · 7h

Today's review...'AdventureMice: Mousehole to the Centre of the Earth' by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
The latest addition to this very excellent series!
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Adventure Mice: Mousehole to the Centre of the Earth — Through the Bookshelf

When Uncle Bernie visits the Adventuremice, he brings them his latest invention, the Mechanical Mole. Taking it for a test drive, they discover an amazing underground world, inhabited by some friendly...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17h

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 1d

Holiday plans! 😆
@kieranlarwood.bsky.social @jamiesmart.bsky.social @louiestowell.bsky.social @nadiashireen.bsky.social @chrissiesains.bsky.social @mglnrd.bsky.social @christopheredge.bsky.social @katherinerundell.bsky.social @ericfan.bsky.social @terryfan.bsky.social
#UKKidLit #EduSky #BookSky

On a small wooden side table there's a pile of books.
Dungeon runner level 3: Ocean chase by Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton.
Bunny Vs Monkey Intergalactic Monkey Business by Jamie Smart
Loki a bad gods guide to causing chaos by Louie Stowell
Grimwood Rock the Vote by Nadia Shireen
Beastopia by Chrissie Sains
The legend of Viking thunder by M.G.Leonard
Escape Room Game Zero by Christopher Edge
Impossible Creatures the Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell
The chronicles of Whetherwhy the seasons of flame by Anna James
Witches by Steven Veerapen
Barnaby unboxed by the Fan brothers

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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

I think letting children make books together gets them thinking in a lot of ways that inevitably lead to increased media literacy. Telling stories helps you to recognise stories elsewhere. Who is telling them? How are they being told? And why are they being told this way?

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Pleasure!!

Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Why do the most stupid people have the loudest voices.
#observations #coffeeshop

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Never. I still agree to stuff I shouldn't have gone near.

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 2d

By total chance - Just read this excellent book by @sufiyaahmed.bsky.social #UnderFire so clear, so interesting #kidsBooksFriday #sharedhistory - review here with a link to buy: www.waterstones.com/book/under-f...

Under Fire by Sufiya Ahmed | Waterstones

Buy Under Fire by Sufiya Ahmed from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 2d

#KidsBooksFriday starting with my fave non-fiction of 2024! The Amazing Asia encyclopedia by @rashmiwriting.bsky.social @jasonlyon.bsky.social is stunning & kids love it. @kellyyang.bsky.social is vocal the fight against #BannedBooks in the US ✊ I adore the Onyeka series too. #EduSky

Front cover of Amazing Asia and encyclopaedia of an epic continent by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Jason Lyon.

Front covers of the Front Desk series by Kelly Yang

Front covers of the Onyeka series by Tolá Okogwu

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 2d

Splendid choices there! I’m going to add the brilliant Rani Reports series by Gabrielle & Satish Shewhorak, illustrated by Navya Raju 😊 x

#KidsBooksFriday

Cover of Rani Reports on the Missing Millions, which shows Mauritian Rani running along the beach in shorts and t-shirt with a camera slung around her neck.

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 2d

With the IBC Excluded Voices report making for sober reading this week, let’s use #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate brilliant books from global majority writers.
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/excluded-voi...

Book cover for Spirit Warriors by Ashley Thorpe

Book cover for Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan

Book cover for Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you @nosycrow.bsky.social for gorgeous publication day, London flowers. They really are divine!!!
#MurderatChristmas
#ukkidlit

A bouquet of flowers with a copy of Murder at Christmas, corresponding bookmarks and two crackers

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Karen McCombie @karenmccombie.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, Fleur! And it's a piece of British history that so few people know about... #WW1 #internees

Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 5d

My book is out this week, but so is @karenmccombie.bsky.social 's awesomely good My Family, The Enemy.
Loved it and learned so much!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/my-family...

My Family the Enemy

London, 1914. Fred Müller's life is turned upside down when his dad is taken away by the police - suddenly his family are the enemy because of where they come f…

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 4d

My fab colleague Paul and I got to write the autumn children's book reviews for the Scotsman. I think they were in the paper at the weekend but you can read them here online...
www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

The best new children's books for autumn 2025

Among the heroes of this autumn’s best kids books are a sleepy bear, a water-loving rabbit and a pair of hyper-competitive turtles. Reviews by Paul Kane and Marianne Doherty

www.scotsman.com

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 4d

A duo of delights in the post today! Very excited to read Ice Dancer by @alexcotter.bsky.social and Murder at Christmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social. Both out 09/10 for 9+ readers, the most enormous thanks go to @thesianpages.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social 🥰

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

The 2 books. Ice Dancer’s blue cover shows a graceful silhouetted female figure with a skirt of silver snowflakes which extend onto the background. Murder at Christmas’s cover shows a girl and boy on bikes cycling through falling snow in front of a large hotel.

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 3d

These are sooo good!
#Ukkidlit
#kidlituk

Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · 3d

'Adventuremice: Mousehole to the Centre of the Earth', the seventh in our highly-illustrated series, is out now!
Available at all good bookshops!
🐭🐭✍️✍️
@philipreeve.bsky.social
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

Cover with Pedro, Fledermaus & Ptiny the Pterodactyl

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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 3d

It's mad to me that being a tory is now cosplay. Please just go be an Orc somewhere, or Harley Quinn, or Sailor Moon or whatever its called. You'll be much happier x

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 3d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 3d

Conservative Comic Con cosplay. Robert Crumb, Dr Combover Neckbeard, evil mutant, FBI agent.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 3d

In @thetimes.com letters page today

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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 3d

Will California ban non-stick pans? Chefs are divided on whether protecting human health or frying an egg without butter is more important. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans

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SpookyPinky 🎃👻🦇 @sminkypinky.bsky.social · 4d

The woman I sit opposite has one of these. She did it once during a call and then had to try to follow the camera up without looking like she was pretending to be in a lift.

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 4d

And hopefully your journey was smooth!

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 4d

I finally met @vonprice.bsky.social - one day!!

Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 4d

Oooh! That's wonderful to hear!

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Veronica Price @vonprice.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you @nosycrow.bsky.social for delightful #BookPost which arrived just before I set off for #BookLaunch
#MurderAtChristmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social & #IceDancer by @alexcotter.bsky.social
😍😍
#UkKidLit
#KidLitUK

Middle grade paperback Murder at Christmas by Fleur Hitchcock has two children cycling past a snowy Georgian building.

Middle grade paperback Ice Dancer by Alex Cotter. Cover design features an ice dancer whose dress is designed with silver foil snowflakes.

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