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Liz

@lizmakesit.bsky.social

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Reader, knitter, sewist, Spoonie. Lover of purple, sparkles and pretty things. She/her. Living in West Oxfordshire, UK.

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Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 1h

Finding it difficult to put this down.

The book Ripples From the Edge of Life by Roland Chester. The cover shows a pool of water with concentric ripple, towards the top it reflects orange a sunrise/set. Across the bottom is the tagline: The impact of a life-changing diagnosis.

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 1h

I hope all goes well for you all.

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Just finishing up proof reading Reality Check today and thought it might be a good time to share the dedication.

It’s also the last day you can get Reality Check for twenty five percenties less than usual at big @waterstones.bsky.social with their OCTOBER25 dealio.

Hux holds a laptop up to their face. The screen reads: To all the autistic authors who came before and helped me find the words, and to all my autistic readers still searching for their own. Also, this one's for me too. Well done, kid. Hux wears a white knitted cardigan, green glasses and black headphones over their light brown hair.

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Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 19h

Comments from reviewer 2.

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Sir Gilbert Scott restoration.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Manuscript lost in fire.

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 19h

The days this year seem to be particularly gloomy.

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 1d

Surely quietly asking for the backup cake was the least embarrassing thing she could have done for the mother-in-law.

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Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 2d

Oh! How frustrating!

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 3d

Also, I'm so chuffed to be able to share the cover for Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand, which will be coming out in paperback and ebook on the 11th of November this year.

All further details to come soon!

Huge thanks for your lovely encouragement this past year!❤️

You're looking at a damask pink... maybe soft red cover with the words Tiny Moments of Joy written in a serif font in white and orange. Above that are the words: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand in a white sans serif font and the name George Penney is below in the same font. The cover has a border of pale ferns that are mostly white or a paler colour than the cover. You know looking at this cover that you will need a comfy chair, maybe a snoozing lap cat or dog and a sunny or warm spot to read this book. It's that kind of vibe.

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Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 3d

It’s not sharing if it’s not your choice - it’s just him taking it from you.

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 3d

My immediate thought was “but it’s not 40 years since it came out, I went to see it when I was Xteen. I’d be fifty-X if … oh” 😂

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 4d

I can remember a few other numbers from later in my childhood. But it took me about 10 years before I could reel off my mobile number!

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 4d

I still know the number from the house we moved out of when I was 5. I don’t remember learning it, but assume Mum made sure I knew it.

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Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 5d

Yay!

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 5d

Definitely rude!

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 6d

I love it when they take bric-a-brac!

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Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, that’s lovely! And a really good book.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 6d

It's Bookshop Day.

*looks in the mirror*

I'm a bookshop!

So, it seems like a great time to encourage you to buy books from me.

BUY BOOKS FROM ME PLEASE.

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Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 6d

No - if that’s what you want, go for it.

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 7d

That’s gorgeous!

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WhyAlice24 @whyalice24.bsky.social · 7d

It's #BookshopDay today. If you have an independent bookshop near you go and visit and buy a book. So many great ones out there. Don't forget the great ones online as well #booksky

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Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 8d

Oooh! That sounds like my kind of book!

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 8d

Yay!

hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 9d

The news is official! I can finally tell you that my next romcom Reality Check will be out in April next year!

A sunny selfie of Hux, a white person with auburn hair and green glasses, holding up a postcard to their face. The postcard is pink and purple and says Reality Check.

A screenshot of the Bookseller announcement for my new novel. Simon and Schuster UK swoons for Lizzie Huxley-Jones’
‘escapist’ reality show romance
RIGHTS
OCT 9, 2025
BY CASSIDY BAILEY.

The photo shows Hux a white person with light auburn hair sitting on a couch in a green lead patterned suit, eyes closed and laughing.

Simon & Schuster UK has acquired two new novels by Lizzie Huxley-Jones, who was previously published by Hodder & Stoughton. Deputy publishing director Molly.
Crawford acquired world all-language rights in a two-book deal from Abi Fellows at DHH Literary Agency.
The first of the two novels, Reality Check, is a "funny, escapist" romance between two women who share a kiss behind the scenes of a reality TV show and find themselves choosing between on-screen fame or true love. Reality Check will publish in all formats in April 2026.
Crawford said: "I've long been obsessed with Lizzie's Christmas romances so am absolutely thrilled to be able to welcome them to the S&S list. Reality Check satiates a universal need for realistic romance elevated by unusual circumstance rather than narrative necessity.
Lizzie captures the chaos and charm of reality TV, weaving a love story that delivers kick-your-feet romance alongside punch-in-the-gut relatable detail. It centres and celebrates queer love, living with chronic illness and freeing ourselves from life's filters. It's a novel you can't help but press into the hands of friends and I'm so excited to take it to market."

Huxley-Jones is the author of the queer holiday romcoms Make You Mine This Christmas and Under the Mistletoe with You, the young adult summer romance Hits Different co-written with Tasha Ghouri, and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted fantasy series Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend. Reality Check is their third adult romance novel.
Huxley-Jones said: "Reality Check brings together my deep fascination with reality television, with the concept of persona and masking, through the experiences of two queer women who just cannot seem to escape each other. There's hijinks and fake-dating arrangements and an autistic girl unravelling 'comphet' all within the bounds of a wedding-themed dating show. It's been a book in my heart for years and I'm so glad it will reach readers next year.
"It is such a thrill and honour to bring my romcoms to the incredible team at Simon & Schuster, especially my wonderful editor Molly Crawford. They are not only a team who understand and respect commercial romance fiction, but one that deeply cares for their authors. It's been such a joy to work with them on Reality Check, my most ambitious romcom to date, and to see their enthusiasm at every step. I'm so thankful for my agent Abi Fellows finding my work such an enriching home."

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 9d

You are live on Channel 4. Please do not swear.

Liz @lizmakesit.bsky.social · 10d

25 years ago, we paid just over half of that for a 2-bedroom flat.

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SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 📎 @clairecopperman.bsky.social · 10d

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back.
Please sign the petition in the link x
goodlawproject.org/s/4860b3

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back

goodlawproject.org

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