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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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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 10h

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 · 12h

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

Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 2d

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…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 15h

These are sooo good!
#Ukkidlit
#kidlituk

Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · 16h

'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 · 15h

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 · 16h

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 · 16h

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

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 16h

In @thetimes.com letters page today

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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

And hopefully your journey was smooth!

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

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

Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh! That's wonderful to hear!

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Veronica Price @vonprice.bsky.social · 1d

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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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

So pleased to meet you at last!!

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Book launch tonight. Former me thought it a good idea. Current me is feeling quite green about the notion.

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Michael Bernth @monovoce.bsky.social · 1d

An industry that can only survive by theft should die. It’s really not a difficult decision.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

This has made my day!!

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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 1d

I was just in a Teams meeting with a colleague who'd just got a new standing desk and kept accidentally hitting the controls to change its height, and when she did she'd slowly vanish from the screen like she was in a lift and it really made my day 🤣🤣🤣

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Gawd bless you!!!

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

Yay!!! I do hope you enjoy #MurderatChristmas I know you'll LOVE Ice Dancer it's magical!! ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️⛸️

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Emma Swift @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social · 2d

London show: October 20 @troubadourldn.bsky.social

This is my only UK gig for the year so if you’re in town, please come! ❤️

www.ticketweb.uk/event/emma-s...

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 2d

I don't even know what a Hunky Dory is, but congratulations!

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rubot @rubot.ie · 2d

vending machine gave me two packs of Hunky Dorys for the price of one. Every day small victories are happening

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 2d

Very true. Having visited Syria some years ago, we had Assad people at every turn, bus drivers, hotel staff, monitoring everything. No way could a politician visit without an Assad presence.

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