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Pip Murphy
@pipmurphy.bsky.social
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Aspiring children’s writer, maker of cute language learning comics, curry lover and red panda fan. 🏳️‍🌈
Lived in Japan for 10+ years, now dreaming of living in the same country as my wife.
Hobbies include drawing, hiking, video games, BJD and Lego.
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Assassins Want to Learn English, Too / 暗殺者も英語を習いたい
LESSON 1: Noodle harassment / ヌーハラ

#awtlet #暗殺者も英語を習いたい #森血夏 #chinatsumori
A city at night. A lone assassin waits on a rooftop. Noodles are slurped. 夜の街。 屋上で待ち構える一人の暗殺者。 麺はすすられる。 But this is no mere noodle harassment. Chinatsu Mori, assassin extraordinaire, uses the sound of the slurping to judge distance and potential obstacles. これはヌーハラということではない。 森血夏は、スルスルという音で、距離や障害物の有無を聞き分けることができる優れた暗殺者だ。 Similarly, the antennae-like hair she has she uses to judge wind strength and direction. さらに、アンテナのような髪で風の強さや方向を把握する。 Chinatsu is fully prepared for everything. Except English. 血夏は何事にも万全の態勢で臨んでいる。 ただし英語以外は。
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Ooh, look what I spotted in the latest Sweet Cherry Publishing Limited catalogue! It looks like the next two Christie and Agatha books will be published in July and September next year. It’s still a while away but I’m already excited for their return. 😁📚🔍

#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #ChristieandAgatha
October 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Today is #Take10ToRead day, a reminder that taking even 10 minutes a day to relax through reading can really raise your mood and decrease your stress.

My favourite places to read are on the train, in bed and when I’m eating by myself. You can maybe guess where my reading time today is taking place!
A pink-blond haired lady in pyjamas reading a book with a mainly blue-coloured cover by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
October 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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When I was little I had a kitten-sized cat called Treacle who wanted to do everything with me. Her favourite thing was to sit on my shoulders as I walked around and did things. Perfect pirate kitty.
A brown-haired girl in a blue school uniform with a black cat sitting on her shoulders. The cat has a white bib and yellow-green eyes.
August 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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To celebrate Christie and Agatha's adventures being translated into 10 languages (not including English!), I've made a little blog post showcasing the covers of some of the translated overseas editions of the Christie and Agatha series. 🔍📚
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A Discovery Disappears covers in German, Polish and Arabic
August 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I drew on a rock. To make it look more like a rock. Success??

(First attempt! Present for aunt and uncle)

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#rockart #poscapen #ladybird
August 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Thank you to all the lovely people who visited my stall at my first U.K. con! I had a wonderful time. 🥳
(And thank you for the balloon dog and rubber ducky pressies!)
Pink haired lady sitting behind a convention table containing comics, stickers, etc. Yellow balloon dog and small rubber duck
August 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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I got there, by the way! 😁
August 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Ring of Brodgar watercolour sketch done in situ (with help from kind passing doggo). Very lucky with the weather!

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Ring of Brodgar - Neolithic standing stone circle, Orkney
Pigma Micron fineliners and Van Gogh watercolours
18th July 2025
#ringofbrodgar #orkneyislands #neolithic
Pen and watercolour sketch of standing stones at the Ring of Brodgar on a fine day. Pen and watercolour sketch of standing stones at the Ring of Brodgar on a fine day with a black and white dog in the background. Pen and watercolour sketch of standing stones at the Ring of Brodgar on a fine day with the actual scene in the background. Black and white dog with pink haired lady in a multicoloured hoodie sitting on the grass on a fine day with a blue sky.
July 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I did a lot of doodle requests for children who came into the shop, too, and had some good challenges. Cue me wondering exactly where a dolphin’s fins go!
A soft toy capybara along with a simple pen doodle of it.
July 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Thank you so much to the Orcadian bookshop for such a wonderful book signing event. I had a lovely time meeting fans (including a budding mystery writer with a notebook full of questions for me), listening to people tell me about themselves and their families - and of course signing books!
#KidLitUK
A pink haired lady with a yellow flower in her hair sitting behind a table full of Christie and Agatha Detective Agency books with a banner reading “The Orcadian Bookshop”.
July 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Ooh, is this a poster I spy for a book signing event next Saturday? How exciting! 👀😁🎉

Thank you to the fab Orcadian Bookshop for the event and beautiful sign. 🥰

#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #ChristieandAgatha
A pink haired lady pointing at a yellow poster for an Author Signing with Pip Murphy
July 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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My first time seeing my books in a newspaper! I’m bouncing around like an overexcited puppy (pippy?) right now! Thank you so much to the (Peedie) Orcadian for featuring Christie and Agatha’s Detective Agency: The Composer Crisis!
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit
A section from the (Peedie) Orcadian newspaper featuring Christie and Agatha’s Detective Agency: The Composer Crisis as the Book of the Month, explaining the premise and recommending it as an ideal precursor to the Famous Five or Murder Most Unladylike. A section from the (Peedie) Orcadian newspaper featuring Christie and Agatha’s Detective Agency: The Composer Crisis as the Book of the Month, explaining the premise and recommending it as an ideal precursor to the Famous Five or Murder Most Unladylike.
July 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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ヤバい～
#danganronpa #ダンガンロンパ #レインコード #RAINCODE
The protagonists from Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Raincode are sold meat buns with special butter by Junko Enoshima and remark on how kind she is.
July 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Found some Sonic drawings I did back when my age was in single digits. I’d still go for this tamagotchi now, to be honest.
#sonicthehedgehog #sonic
June 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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My cat Amber wanting in on my Zoom call.
A calico cat nuzzling against an amused-looking pink haired lady wearing turquoise glasses, a greeny-blue zip-up arran sweater with a Celtic looking metal zip. There is a light green wall behind. It is a photo from a Zoom meeting.
May 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Yes! Or both if you can find a grassy beach! 🥰
May 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Here's a little cutesy-style drawing I did of the main characters in the comic I write, called "Assassins Want to Learn English, Too!"

From top left to bottom right, they are: Alice, Chinatsu, Fiction, Hadrian and Vul.

I'm just a hobbyist but I'd love to hear what people think of them!
#cuteart
Five cutesy characters on a stripey green background that look like they've been messily coloured in pencils. There are various little items scattered about: a pencil, a notebook for learning English, a portable game console, a smartphone, a kunai, a gun, a ginger cat, a crow, yatsuhashi (sweet snack) and a knife. From top left to bottom right the characters are: 1) A purple-haired girl in a green stripey top and jeans with purple shoes. She has a cat face that seems to be smiling on the top right of her outfit. She seems outgoing and is flashing the peace sign. 2) A standing black-haired girl wearing a red jumper, dark blue jeans and red shoes. One piece of her hair is much longer than the rest and stands up off her head like a long, drooping antenna. She seems shy. 3) A white-haired girl wearing a dark grey jumper and trousers, as well as a light grey jacket and shoes. She is sitting and playing on a handheld game console with a poker face. 4) A NB red-head wearing a red jacket with a fluffy dark red hood, dark red trousers and dark red shoes, as well as a pair of goggles on their head. They seem very outgoing, giving a big grin and flashing the peace sign with both hands. 5) A guy with brown hair, yellow top, dark brown trousers, blue overshirt and orange-yellow shoes. He is sitting down and eating taiyaki (a fish shaped sweet snack). He looks like someone who would be annoyed if you parted them from their food.
May 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM