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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 17/09/2026

Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery is out now at your local bookshop!!

Li Chen @exocomics.com · 10/09/2026

My Detective Beans series has officially sold over 100,000 copies in NZ/Australia!!! It feels like just yesterday I was doodling Beans for the first time in my sketchbook?! I can’t believe how far this little kitten has come! 💖

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 08/09/2026

AHHH it’s finally here!!! Get your paws on a copy at your local bookshop. I hope you all enjoy Detective Beans’ new adventure! It’s his biggest one yet :D

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 07/09/2026

Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery releases worldwide tomorrow!! I can’t wait to welcome you all back to Cat Town! 😻🔎

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 18/08/2026

Just a reminder my dashery sale ends on Sunday! 😺

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 17/08/2026

Omg please read this email I got from a child fan. I love that after three days of waiting for a response this kid was just like, well I have no other option but to threaten her now 🤷‍♀️

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 12/08/2026

Hey kiwis! Come and get your books signed this Saturday in Auckland! (preferably your Detective Beans books but hey I'm not picky)

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 10/08/2026

My dashery store is on sale! Get a silly thing, go on! ◉‿◉

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 04/08/2026

I'll be at Paper Plus Howick in the morning too!

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 04/08/2026

Hey Kiwis! I'll be at Little Unity in Auckland next Saturday so please drop by and I'll scribble on your books! 😻🔎✏️

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 18/07/2026

sniffy little face filled with sniffy little thoughts 💖

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 16/07/2026

Hey Kiwis! The Whitcoulls colouring competition closes this Sunday so don't forget to get your entry in! 😺🔎

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 06/07/2026

My fellow kiwis! Whitcoulls is having a Detective Beans colouring competition so enter now! I'll be choosing the winners again too! Also while you're there, please pop in a vote for their Kids Top 50! (Ahem. I've heard good things about those Detective Beans books... 😺🔎)

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 03/07/2026

Hey Aussies! If you have time, I would really appreciate it if you could put in a vote for the Detective Beans books in the Better Reading Kids' Top 50! You also automatically go in the draw to win a copy of each top 50 book, neat eh? 😻

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 02/07/2026

Hey Aussies! It’s National Pyjama Day this month! Please support this great cause and buy a book from the special The Pyjama Foundation list in July, and $1 will be donated by both Penguin Random House and QBD Books. (Grab a cute seed packet too!🌻)

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 25/06/2026

Ahh thank you to everyone who came to my book launches in Melbourne and Brisbane! They were both so much fun! 😻😻😻

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 18/06/2026

Thank you so much to everyone who came to my first ever book launch last night at Kinokuniya in Sydney!!! It was so fun!😻🔎

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 15/06/2026

There's a wee article about my daily schedule in The Sapling today! (Spoiler alert: it's very cat-centric) www.thesapling.co.nz/a-day-in-the...

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 04/06/2026

AUSTRALIA! I am coming on a book tour and I am so excited to see you all in person! 😻🔎 You can RSVP to my book launch events here: detectivebeans.com/events

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 01/06/2026

AHHH My third book, Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery is out in AU/NZ today!!! I hope you enjoy his exciting new adventure! 😻😻😻

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 14/05/2026

I had the most awesome time at the Auckland Writers Festival schools programme this year! Thank you so much to everyone who came to my sessions! 😻😻😻

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