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Bloomsbury Education @bloomsburyed.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Happy publication day to four brilliant new fiction and non-fiction books! 💀Terrible True Tales: Shakespeare AND ⚓️Terrible True Tales: Pirates by Terry Deary 🌩️Sky Dancers by Chris Vick (Zephyr) @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social 🕎My Book of Jewish Festivals by Hannah Shafiroff Out now!

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Out in August, but you can read/review www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/publ... right now:

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

until tomorrow mid-day (29th April 12:00) donations to @whalesorg.bsky.social will be DOUBLED!!

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

@waterstones.bsky.social @waterstoneskids.bsky.social are offering 25% on pre-orders of my new book Sky Dancers. Enter Feb26 at checkout.

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I love this! Thank you so much :)

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

So pleased to see Shadow creatures nominated @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026, (and three other Zephyr titles)

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Many thanks @hatchards.bsky.social Kings Cross for warm welcome and lovely table display for Shadow Creatures

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Thrilled that Shadow Creartures has WON the @histassoc.bsky.social Young Quills award in the 11-13 category. Warm thanks to the judges, team @zephyrbooks.bsky.social and all the young readers who put the book on the shortlist.

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

A must read. A bit depressing, yes, but simultaneously hopeful and hugely inspiring. (and the usual brilliance from @frankcottrelboyce.bskyb.social, and @booktrust.org.uk The future is in our hands. It looks very much like a book, waiting to be read (aloud).

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

THRILLED Shadow Creatures has been shortlisted for The Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social Young Quills Book Award, along with Fellow @zephyrbooks.bsky.social author Annelise Gray and many other fantastic writers.

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

LOVED my chat with the brilliant Lucas, talking Shadow Creatures, war books, Shakespeare and writing.

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Scottish seas should be bursting with life but right now, they’re under pressure. This week only, every £1 you donate to WDC’s @BigGive Green Match Fund campaign will be doubled, 🌍 Start local. Save the world. #RestoreScottishSeas

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Thrilled that The Last Whales is featured in the latest edition. Thanks so much :)

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Huge congrats and richly deserved.

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Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

If anyone is coming to the @waterstoneskids.bsky.social festival in Lincoln tomorrow, and didn't manage to get a ticket to see us, that's @hannahgold.bsky.social @jennypearson.bsky.social me & Natasha Farrant, we'll be in the bookshop afterwards so come & say hello, ask questions & get books signed.

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

An incredible list as always. Special congrats (and fingers crossed!), to fellow @zephyrbooks.bsky.social author Blessing Musariri, and @clarefurniss.bsky.social and her brilliant book: The things we leave behind.

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I was contacted yesterday to comment on imminent WH Smith sale and impact on young reader/buyers (end of article): Less visibility for books across a range of platforms, impacts numbers of young people reading for pleasure. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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WH Smith sale could turn high street into ‘book desert’, authors say

The retailer is in talks to sell its 500 high street stores, which could be a ‘nail in the coffin for British writers’

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

'Tense, evocative and compelling.' Guardian 'Vital gripping tale...Beautifully written.' Telegraph One of The Spectator's Children's books of the year Available: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shadow-cr...

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Thank you so much for this lovely write up of Shadow Creatures.

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Five reasons why you should consider running the Spark! School Book Award in your secondary school, by our 11+ panel chair @rebeccarouillard.bsky.social on Literacy Hive Don't forget to sign up by 9am Friday to be in with a chance of winning one of our longlists www.literacyhive.org/five-reasons...

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Five Reasons Why: Running the Spark! Book Award in Your Secondary School

Five reasons why signing up for the Spark! Book Award is a great idea for schools looking to promote reading for pleasure.

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Our 9+ Category Longlist is overflowing with brilliant books in the #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚 @mcwriterspark.bsky.social

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Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thanks so much, I'm thrilled you love it :)

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Jo F @jofbooks.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Send help! I'm stuck in a fantastic kids' historical novel! LOVING Shadow Creatures by Chris Vick, set in Norway in WW2. It's beautifully written and the setting, folklore and hopeful heroism of the anti-Nazi resistance feel grounded in truth and balancing ambiguity. I don't want it to end.

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