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Liz Hyder
@londonbessie.bsky.social
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Writer type. Making it up as I go. 📖. #TheTwelve out now. Other books #TheIllusions #TheGifts & #Bearmouth. Fond of wanders. Lover of books, films, art & wildlife. Nerd.
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Hope amongst the cracks.
Forget me not flowers growing in the mortar between bricks in a wall.
April 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Toot toot! Can’t wait for Oxford Lit Fest! x come and join us for bookish chat, inspiration, and much laughter!
March 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Here, have some forest to brighten your day. Imagine the sound of chiffchaffs and coal tits, woodpeckers and robins…
Dappled woodland track Sun shining behind silhouetted pine trees on a forest track Glimpses of fields and distant hills behind rows of trees. A misty and sunny day
March 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Bonkers and brilliant time at the Nero Book Awards on Weds eve. Still buzzing…
Big room with a huge screen saying Nero Book Awards Me next to the legend that is Bill Bryson after I told him I might kidnap him and take him back to Shropshire. I think it’s a smile of fear. Me and the other three category winners along with my new best friend. Adam S Leslie to the left, Colin Barrett, Bill Bryson, me, and the overall Gold Winner, the ace Sophie Elmhirst
March 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Giganticus flatbreadus…
Photo of me pulling a face and holding up a two foot long flatbread. (Yes it was delicious and yes I am still eating it!)
March 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Wise words up on the wall of a Ludlow primary school. Lovely innit? x
Sign that reads ‘ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.’
February 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Magnifique. Wyndham meets Nigel Kneale but it’s also very much its own beast. Truly superb. Unsettling, beautiful, funny and wonderfully strange. Superb.
The front cover of the book Lost in the Garden by Adam S Leslie, winner of this year’s Nero Book Award for fiction.
February 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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‘What are you cooking mistress?’
Tortoiseshell cat close up - a very eager face!
February 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Here, have a green lane as the sun sets…
A long narrow lane with high stone walls, greened over with moss and lichen, a line of trees on the left behind the wall, and the golden glow of the last rays of the sun.
February 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Post from a dear pal. Brilliant.
Top of a cardboard parcel with handwriting on - FRAGILE… but aren’t we all?
February 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Had the most amazing week on @hayfestival.bsky.social Scribblers tour. An utter joy and privilege to meet so many brilliant young minds and to get to work with the incredible Polarbear aka Steven Camden. ❤️
Two boys with their heads down writing stories on the Scribblers newsletter. The brilliant polarbear aka Steven Camden in action! On stage with his trusty flipchart. Me on a stage with lots of kids in the audience scribbling down their stories. A close up of a story with an amazing illustration from one of the many students who came along to the Scribblers tour.
February 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Trees, woodpeckers, a heart of lichen and a tinkling stream. x
A stream heads through a forest towards a field edge. A beech tree forest. A white heart of lichen on a tree trunk.
February 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Here, have a fossil. Makes you feel young…
Close up of a sandy rock with various brachiopod fossils embedded in it.
January 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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One of my favourite trees. Can’t beat an old oak…
Old oak, decaying and stretching, against a bright winter sky…
January 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Here, have some very early lambs…
Field of sheep and lambs with distant hills behind and a spectacular cloudy sky. A black-faced sheep and two tiny identikit lambs framed by bracken, photographed through a wire fence.
January 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Hagstone crisp. Reader, I ate him (and he was delicious!).
January 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Abstract art.
Reddish tree trunk with white blue patches of lichen.
January 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Here, have a contented cat. x
Close up of a Calico tortoiseshell mog sunbathing in a window.
January 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Went for a walk. In the wrong boots Gromit. Doh!
January 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Bastard…
The top of a tin of tomatoes with the ring pull detached and nothing else…
January 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Well, this is a surprise! I was over the moon just to be on the shortlist, but this is nuts. Makes up for waking up at 5am with a migraine! I’m off to try and digest this over a large Americano. Meanwhile, check out the other category winners! Honoured and chuffed to be amongst them! x
Front cover of The Twelve by Liz Hyder with illustrations and cover artwork by Tom de Freston. Above, it says Winner of a Nero Book Award The four category winners of the Nero Book awards. Lost in the Garden by Adam S Leslie, The Twelve by me! Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Ellie’s and Wild Houses by Colin Barrett.
January 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Beautiful skies today. Wonderful. Mackerel skies I think it’s called but it reminded me of Jon Pertwee era Doctor Who, the opening sequence… just me?! #doctorwho
Mackerel clouds over fields and distant misty hills Bright white mackerel clouds on a blue sky as the sunlight starts to dip. A snowy track leading to silhouetted trees against a bright blue winter sky laced with clouds.
January 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Cracking read! Out on January 30th and featuring many things I love - time travel, ancient Egypt, and mysteries galore. Rockets along at a right old lick, truly gripping and tremendous fun! Bravo @mglnrd.bsky.social ❤️💪
Cover of the proof copy of Hunt for the Golden Scarab by MG Leonard.
January 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The cat is sleepy…
Fluffy calico tortoiseshell cat with white paws and belly curled up on a red sofa with a catnip toy.
January 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Beautiful… Turneresque mists and skies today. Exquisite. I do love Ludlow in winter.
A misty river curving to the left, frosted path to the right riverbank and a misty sky overheard with sunshine just breaking through… Looking north from Dinham Bridge in Ludlow, a misty view of the River Teme and Dinham Weir with the castle above enshrouded in mist. Dinham Bridge frosted over, arching into the distance, misty trees behind. Frosty bridge and silhouetted misty trees beyond with a wintery sky.
January 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM