Helen Russell

🖊️ Journalist & Bestselling Author
📚 inc The Year of Living Danishly. How to Raise a Viking OUT NOW!
🎙TEDx speaker, host @bbc A Short History of Sadness

[Headline Books @headlinepg]

We are so excited to share the cover for LAURA CLARK IS AWAY FROM HER DESK by @MsHelenRussell publishing this Summer

Readers are loving Laura Clark Is Away From Her Desk:

💚'One of the best books I’ve ever read’

💚‘5 stars it not enough!’

💚‘Witty’

💚‘Inspiring'

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

Talked to the @nytimes about rawdogging, boredom and THAT Substack post (c/o Living Danishly with Helen Russell)
https://t.co/G8e28udE4N

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

The listening pleasure you didn't know you needed... talking to the inimitable @Sarah_Montague about rawdogging and boredom on today's World At One @BBCRadio4 (and the Substack posted that spurred it: https://t.co/OsP00SfJUt)

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

.@Wildfirebks to publish author and journalist @MsHelenRussell's new novel, Laura Clark Is Away from Her Desk. Publication is set for late July 2026 👇 https://t.co/zVbiEtBaNs

[Independent Voices @IndyVoices]

Heatwave Britain could learn from Scandinavia about how to keep cool | Helen Russell (@MsHelenRussell)

👇This story is currently free to read 👇

https://t.co/pX0HItn7Bp

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

How to Hold the Sun: A Danish Midsummer Survival Guide https://t.co/LNWDmmVmos

[The i Paper @theipaper]

@MsHelenRussell spent more than a decade living Danishly before returning home with her three children

She's been pleasantly surprised https://t.co/5sqPOjRYsi

[4th Estate Books @4thEstateBooks]

🪨 What do Vikings know about raising children? Turns out, quite a lot…

🪨 Funny and unfailingly optimistic, HOW TO RAISE A VIKING is a deep dive into the parenting culture of Nordic nations and a love letter to @MsHelenRussell's adopted homeland.

Out today in paperback!

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

It's been a ride... now over at the other place @mshelenrussell.bsky.social

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

Thanks @BusinessInsider for including The Danish Secret to Happy Kids in this piece: 'I raised my kids in Denmark. When we returned to the US, they were far more independent than their American peers' https://t.co/qIr1V5Fj3b

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

Great piece @sweale @guardian on why children should be encouraged to play with mud https://t.co/43izNFxib4 - Nordic research on this for How To Raise a Viking 📖 fascinating #howtoraiseaviking #danishsecrettohappykids

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

I have news… @Substack column out now on endings, beginnings, hope and home. Plus a brand new project/ride – I hope you’ll join me on it. No paywall for this post, so you can read it for free here: https://t.co/mhTDfZLUpb

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

Great chatting with @zibbyowens all about the Nordic approach to childhood and the Danish secret to happy kids. Listen now, here https://t.co/O1SOOQZhYs #danishsecrettohappykids #howtoraiseaviking @Sourcebooks

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

Thanks so much for having me on the show @WGNMorningNews to talk The Danish Secret to Happy Kids (plus what we can steal to use wherever we are) https://t.co/VEo0b6losa

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

Great to talk The Danish Secret to Happy Kids @WGNNews & the aspects of Viking parenting that can be applied wherever we are to make for happier, healthier children. Now, back outside, everyone... ;)

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

This week's @substack column out now https://t.co/Cy8LiQmAdu #livingdanishly

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

@VictoriaCoren I'm only on my second pair of slippers this morning. Had better up my game.

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

Tears, Tantrums & Crabbing: A Delightfully Danish Ærø Adventure. Back from the break with a new post on island living and family holidays Danish style via @substack https://t.co/uLaxUOYRkl

[Helen Russell @MsHelenRussell]

Big thanks to @Sourcebooks and @NickiGostin

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Thank you to @nypost for this great piece on The Danish Secret to Happy Kids. How to raise a Viking? Lesson 1: let them throw all the snowballs.... ;) https://t.co/tSANmXqJqb #livingdanishly #danishsecrettohappykids #howtoraiseaviking #nordicparenting