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Cora the Whippet

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“Elegance is the only beauty that never fades"
-Audrey Hepburn

October 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM

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Pushkin Press

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🐈‍⬛ @waterstones.bsky.social THRILLER OF THE MONTH 🐈‍⬛

Murder at the Black Cat Cafe is the latest book from the Japanese Agatha Christie, Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Bryan Karetnyk 🔪A dizzyingly clever rediscovered GEM of Japanese Golden Age crime 💎

Your perfect next spooky season read is OUT NOW🚨

September 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM

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Troika Books

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It's #NationalMarineWeek so what better time to pick up a copy of the acclaimed children's book #DayOfTheWhale by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social which is a love letter to nature and a plea to conserve our oceans, wrapped up in an island thriller!

Bright book cover with the title again at a sea backdrop with a whale drawn into the sand at the bottom

July 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM

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This is such a great book! By @vickywoodgate.bsky.social published by @scholasticuk.bsky.social 😎👀💭✅

August 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM

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Mr Tom Slattery

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#sundaymorningbookchat comes all the way from Mauritius this morning. Had a wonderful safari in SA and was completely inspired by the animals. Let’s celebrate animal books! What is the appeal of a great animal book or authors who write them? Here are some of my favourites @whatsfsaid.bsky.social

August 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM

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Scoobiesue2

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Today's review...'The Changeling Child'
@hsnorup.bsky.social @pushkinpress.com
Every bit as enjoyable as 'Into the Farie Hill'!
throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/the-...

The Changeling Child — Through the Bookshelf

With a new project threatening both the natural world and the Faerie realm, Saga and Alfred are brought together once again. As a demi-fae, Alfred must journey deep into the magical kingdom, leaving S...

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August 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM

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KC 😎📝 Casey's Pages @fly276.bsky.social · Aug 9

*A*s & *B*s or As and Bs. It's understandable as the context is right there. But it is always just plural.
It could also be possible to avoid writing it this way at all! 😁😎✅ The A could also be in bold and the s not, that would work visually too.

August 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM

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Pushkin Children's Books

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The WONDERFUL latest Books for Keeps reviews The Invisibles by @susiebower.bsky.social, Captain Danger and the Stupid Shadow by Victor Engbers, and The Otherwhere Post by Emily J Taylor 🥳

Books for Keeps, the online children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · Jul 16

Out now! #BfK273, our #summer special! Authorgraph interview Kenneth Oppel, Windows into Illustration Jarvis, new Beyond the Secret Garden, new Picture This, Nikesh Shukla on reading for pleasure + interviews, new #childrensbook reviews & more #KidLit #BookSky 😎
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...

Cover of the summer issue of the children's online review journal Books for Keeps. Cover taken from The Wood Where Magic Grows by Andy Shepherd, illustration by Ellie Snowdon, and is of a tree spreading out with children climbing in the branches.

August 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM

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📢 Support a talented author
💯% recommend ✅
Let's get as many copies sold as possible 😁
Great for schools, clubs, home, spooky season gifts 😎👻📚
Contact @angelakecojevic.bsky.social directly 😎

August 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM

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Ian Eagleton

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I’m thrilled to welcome @hsnorup.bsky.social into The Reading Realm to talk about her wonderful new book THE CHANGELING CHILD, which is published by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social!

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#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky #KidLitUK

H.S Norup on the inspiration for THE CHANGELING CHILD and INTO THE FAERIE HILL - The Reading Realm

When I’m writing the first draft of a story, much of the work happens away from my desk. I think about the plot while I go for long walks or bake or cook. So, I thought it would be interesting to desc...

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August 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM

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Sue Thomas

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I am absolutely delighted to be kicking off the #BlogTour for the weird and wonderful #WeLiveHereNow by @cdrose.bsky.social today, on #PublicationDay 🎉

Out now from @melvillehouse.bsky.social 🖋💙📚

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We Live Here Now by C.D. Rose

We Live Here Now by C. D. Rose. Published 7th August 2025 by Melville House. From the cover of the book: When a famous conceptual artist'...

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August 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM

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Pushkin Children's Books

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Frank Cottrell Boyce recommended the AMAZING Queen of Freedom by Catherine Johnson on his summer book club this morning - listen now! (2.54.00) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Today - 28/07/2025 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

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August 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM

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Scholastic UK

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"Packed with laughs, legends and just the right amount of chaos – I loved it!"

Author Tom Vaughan LOVES Medusa Gorgon's Bad Hair Day – and you will too!

Coming next week...

August 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM

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Pushkin Children's Books

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'Fortune invariably favours the brave' in Journey Under the Sea, one of our 6 AMAZING choose-your-own adventure books. Go rediscover the remarkably 'fresh' format almost fifty years later 🎉
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childr...

A charming love letter to misplaced umbrellas – and other new children’s books

Our critic rounds up the best new titles for young readers, from science and drama to old-fashioned tales of derring-do

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August 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM

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Curtis Brown Creative

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'Twists needn’t be breathtaking; it’s more important to deliver on the promise of a satisfying puzzle or mystery' 🧩

Award-winning author @sarahhilary.bsky.social reveals her top tips for aspiring crime and thriller authors.

6 tips for writing crime and thrillers

Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Award-wining author Sarah Hilary shares her six top tips for aspiring crime and thriller authors.

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

July 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM

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The face of Elsa, who shouldn't be on the bed! Very pleased with herself 🐾😎 #dogsitting #housesitting

July 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM

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DHH Literary Agency

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We’re delighted to share this beautiful cover for @clareweze.bsky.social’s UP ABOVE THE CITY - full of imagination and heart, this middle grade novel will be published in October!

July 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM

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Who is ready for the new one from @clareweze.bsky.social ? Published by @knightsofbooks.bsky.social 👀💭😎📚

July 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM

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Check out the whole @susiebower.bsky.social collection! Published by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 📚😎

July 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM

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Make sure you check out this exciting new 📚 by @susiebower.bsky.social published by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social You'll love the brilliant characters & their magical adventures 😎🎒📝📚🪄🪞🏝️🛶