Francesca Russell

Lovely morning at the @HachetteUK office with a free coffee and proof thanks to the #TheNames! Coming out in May from @Phoenix_Bks 💚🧡

It's a chilly old @heatworld day but I have ABSOLUTE SCORCHERS from @robparkerauthor @holly_bourneYA @LayneFargo and @abmackster @BloomsburyRaven @HodderBooks @ChattoBooks @headlinepg (this is one of my fave selections of 2025 already)

Finally the winter flu has got me 🤮 help meeeeee 😭

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been appointed Chief Historian for @HRP_palaces Looking forward to uncovering many more stories from the palaces’ incredible history 🏰

Ta dah! My Books of the Year for @PrimaMag. 2024 has been amazing for reading. @Katyemdavies @kirstycapes @Cocomellor94189 @jennieg_author Graham Norton, Lotte Jeffs @Bookish_Becky @FeeWilliams75 @RuthMancini1 @NicolaYoon @amytintera @WhittyAuthor David Nicholls

From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel. Thrilling, wildly fun and outrageously engrossing, Never Flinch by Stephen King publishes in May 2025. Find out more here: stephenkingbooks.co.uk/2024/11/19/nev…

Welcome Kit :)

@BexBookaholic get a fine line, they don't hurt :) x

I really want a tattoo. I keep chickening out because I don't do pain. Could someone sedate me and make me do it please? I'm fed up of talking about it and never doing it!

‘The novel has a kind of homely mystery. Has the narrator really “disappeared”? No, it’s equally possible she’s now arriving at herself.’ Blake Morrison on Charlotte Wood’s novel 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘠𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/… #BookerPrize2024

We are delighted that You Are Here by David Nicholls has won the Fiction Award at the 2024 Books Are My Bag Readers Awards ⭐ Congratulations David! @booksaremybag

OB.SESSED with this novel and so proud to be publishing it. Genuinely one of the best novels I’ve ever read.

@BramwellLawes ish haha

@Francesca_PR Um, are you OK?!?! xx

I think getting electrocuted is my sign to down tools for the day #sotired

Also when is someone going to start selling #Rivals merch? I want a Venturer t shirt

I think I might owe you thanks @readeatretreat for this fab surprise book mail of #TheChristmasFix by Lucy Score out today from @HodderBooks It sounds a cracker! 📚❤️

'All we have is now: not the past, not the future, but where we are in this moment' Moving and inspirational, Sir @chrishoy reveals the truth of his cancer diagnosis and how he's determined to find hope and happiness in his new memoir, ALL THAT MATTERS: waterstones.com/book/all-that-…

We now have signed copies of @chrishoy's inspiring memoir All That Matters in stock. Looking back over the challenges he has faced in his life, Chris shares how he has used these experiences to find ways to focus on the moments that matter, showing us how to do the same.

Wishing @chrishoy a wonderful publication day for the amazing ALL THAT MATTERS. Congratulations, Chris. 🎉 Buy your copy here: waterstones.com/book/all-that-…

Early newspaper reviews of Ice Town Financial Times ‘Dean's mastery of setting and suspense remain unassailable.’ Irish Independent ‘Dean delivers another gripping and masterfully plotted tale, the suspense expertly elevated in the isolated, snowy setting. Perfect winter reading.’

'Anyone can blow the bloody doors off!' Hollywood screen legend @themichaelcaine brings his wit, insight, entertaining stories and wisdom to answer questions about every aspect of his long life - inspiring us all to Be More Michael Caine. Out now: brnw.ch/21wOrIs