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Hazel Prior

@hazelprior.bsky.social

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Writer and wildlife fan. Away With The Penguins was my #1 bestseller so I wrote 2 more in the series. Also novels involving harps and otters. Apparently my books are 'quirky' and 'life-affirming.'

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Nov 23

Did I mention this?
If anyone’s in need of a read that’s hope-filled (and I suspect most of us are), that will take you on a journey, that contains friendship and determination and eccentricity and a bit of snowy sparkle and a smidge of romance and a LOT of penguins…well, this is for you!

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Sep 23

Quickly popping on here to let you know the penguins are super-cheap right now!
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www.amazon.co.uk/Call-Penguin...
#Booksky #knidledeal

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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · Aug 2

July 2025 Wrap Up & Favourite Books of the Month #JulyWrapUp #BookishTravel #FavouriteBooksoftheMonth #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog secretlibrarybookblog.com/2025/08/02/j... via @nickimags.bsky.social

July 2025 Wrap Up & Favourite Books of the Month #JulyWrapUp #BookishTravel #FavouriteBooksoftheMonth #BookSky #SecretLibraryBookBlog

July turned out to be a fab bookish month. I read 6 books and listened to 6 audiobooks, making a grand total of 12 which I’m very happy about. :-D For those of you who enjoy graphs, here are …

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jul 28

Not been on here much recently, but here is a #penguin.

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jul 1

Hope you enjoy it ‪@bookwormjan.bsky.social! 😃

Janet @bookwormjan.bsky.social · Jun 30

In brighter news, look what I found in the library. I've heard so many wonderful things about this book.

Away with the Penguins book by Hazel Prior

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jun 29

And a few more from the penguin party with @trishaashley.bsky.social and @julietgreenwood.bsky.social
#booksky

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · Jun 29

Growlery [GRAU-luh-ree]
(n.)
- A place to which to retreat, alone, when ill-humoured; a quiet sanctuary from the world.

Use:
“After an interminable day at work, I retreat to the growlery, where I can unleash my inner curmudgeon and grumble to myself about all the people who insist upon vexing me.”

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · Jun 25

#BookSky

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · Jun 28

#BookSky

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · Jun 28

#BookSky

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Tractus Fynn @tractusfynn.bsky.social · Jun 28

If we were meant to fly we would have been born with wings.
#DefyDogma

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jun 29

In London recently, raising a glass to 90 years of Penguin publishing.

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jun 21

😂😂😂

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Hazel Hatman @hazelhatman.bsky.social · Jun 15

@hazelprior.bsky.social had a narrow escape then. Away with the Arsefoots doesn’t have quite the same tone…

Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Jun 15

For those in need of a smile, a reminder that one 19th-century name for a penguin was ‘arsefoot’.

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jun 14

I detected some nuances there too!

Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jun 14

Lovely!

Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jun 11

Been taking a bit of a break from social media as all too much. Have popped back on here just to post some flowers. See you sometime.

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you!

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Juliet Greenwood @julietgreenwood.bsky.social · Jun 11

Limited time only! #99p/#99c #kindlebooks #bargain. A box of letters from #WW2 sends Iris in search of the #secrets of her past - but will the truth destroy the only #family she knows? Storm Publishing. #amreading #histfic #Paris #Cornwall #kindle #bestseller
geni.us/290-al-aut-am

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · May 25

Ah, it's an endless struggle, isn't it? Why do we do it to ourselves?

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Devin O’Branagan @devinwrites.bsky.social · May 23

Good morning! Be the Resistance.❤️‍🔥
#BookSky
#WritingCommunity
#Resistance

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Hazel Prior @hazelprior.bsky.social · May 23

I have had so many (SO MANY) problems with this first draft of novel 6, but finally I have written a scene that is making me cry... in a good way. ❣️

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Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social · May 22

A little girl in this library just shouted, “MY GOODNESS! I DIDN’T KNOW ALL THESE BOOKS EXISTED!” and I’m going to be in a good mood for at least a week 🥰
#librarysky #booksky

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