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Wildfire ( @wildfirebooks.bsky.social ) to publish author and journalist Helen Russell's ( @mshelenrussell.bsky.social ) new novel, Laura Clark Is Away from Her Desk. Publication is set for late July 2026 👇 #BookSky

How to Hold the Sun: A Danish Midsummer Survival Guide open.substack.com/pub/mshelenr...

I still haven’t totally figured out what Bluesky is for but in case it’s this: can anyone tell me what’s happening here?!

‘Sometimes, sad things just…happen. Sometimes, people die. People leave. Systems fail. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people - who may well have been manifesting their hearts out.’ The M-word and why I don’t like it on @substack open.substack.com/pub/mshelenr...

Joining the Joyfulness Stage at Hampton Court Palace Feel Good Festival on 18th May to talk living Danishly & 📖 How to Raise a Viking 📖 @4thestatebooks.bsky.social See you there? #feelgoodfestival #hamptoncourtpalace #hamptoncourtfestivals #howtoraiseaviking #livingdanishly

On going back, being with old friends, finding home (& gout) mshelenrussell.substack.com/p/back-to-th...

Living Danishly in the UK: how it’s going so far in this week’s @theguardian.com podcast www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I loved talking to @mshelenrussell.bsky.social about her former life in Denmark and the lessons we can all take away from it. As winter approaches in Australia there are definitely more opportunities for hygge, to say the least! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @australia.theguardian.com

Thanks @theguardian.com - HOW TO RAISE A VIKING (where the Nordics get it right) is out now in paperback, published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social Photographer of dreams = @emliben.bsky.social

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This was a good read. My leap year starts in two weeks. I think I’m ready. Or not. It’s okay either way. @mshelenrussell.bsky.social

The paperback is here! HOW TO RAISE A VIKING - how the Nordic countries manage to make their future humans happier, healthier and more resilient (plus the ideas we can steal to put to use wherever we are) is out in paperback 13.02.25 ♥️ 💪 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/how-...

How NOT to Boost Productivity: A Handy Guide for Employers open.substack.com/pub/mshelenr...

Anyone else still in elasticated waistbands? Some alternative new year’s pledges for a kinder 2025 mshelenrussell.substack.com/p/come-on-th...

Hope Christmas was kind to you - I got to eat A LOT of sprouts, cry at Neil the Baby’s guitar solo AND write a thing about How to Raise a Viking and parenting in the UK after a decade of living Danishly inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

It’s my first Xmas back in the UK, navigating the delights of the placeholder ‘Big Christmas Shop’. Reckon I nailed it? (“What’s for lunch, Mum?” “Ummm…courgettes à la BluTack?”)

"The most important contributor to our psychological wellbeing is the strength of our relationships, and hygge tends to encourage more close and intimate time with loved ones" ~ @markrwilliamson.bsky.social www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/health/he... @mshelenrussell.bsky.social

After living in Europe for 12 years, getting my hands on English language magazines is AN EVENT. And would you believe it, I'm even in a couple this month - Good Housekeeping (on surviving winter like a Scandinavian) and Psychologies (on hygge and happy Vikings). That + coffee = good Wednesday

Easy to wrap! An escape from the inlaws! Why books are the perfect gift. My latest is available for Christmas orders now. It’s the book I needed 10 years ago, with the advice and wisdom I’m using to parent like a Viking back in the UK www.amazon.co.uk/HOW-RAISE-VI... @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

Find someone who looks at you the way I look at gammeldags juleboller… (‘olden days Christmas bun’ in Danish). New Christmas Substack here mshelenrussell.substack.com/p/what-ive-l... #livingdanishly