Tag: Rotting Trees by Francesca Astraea

• Bezzina’s Emporium Trailer

  Hi hi, Psyched to share this trailer for the Bezzina’s Emporium series, made by the wonderful ValkiriART. Enjoy and find out more about the series here, with the opening chapters of book one, Rotting Trees, available for free.

  Francesca

  28 April, 2026

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• Books on RNIB Bookshare

  Hi everyone, I’m excited to announce that both my books are now available on RNIB Bookshare, for free. Bookshare, looked after by the Royal National Institute of Blind People, is an educational resource providing texts in accessible formats (DAISY Audio, Braille Refreshable Format, PDFs, ePub files) for people with visual impairments and learning disabilities. I’ve…

  Francesca

  1 March, 2026

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• Gifting Ebooks to Anyone You Buy a Paperback for (Feb ’26)

  As I wrote at the No. 1 Readers’ Club, February is often maligned for its bizarrely commercial focus on couples. Both my novels (Rotting Trees, the first book in the Bezzina’s Emporium trilogy, and The Princess and the Dragon and Other Stories About Unlikely Heroes) explore friendship, so if you send a physical copy of…

  Francesca

  13 February, 2026

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• New Short Story & ‘Rotting Trees’ is out!

  Hello lovely readers, Two good things in a week? It must mean January is finally over. Firstly, my newest short story, Embracing Tradition, is on Patreon for the No. 1 Readers’ Club now. It will be on my stories blog on 17th February, but with 50% off your first month’s membership throughout Feb, why wait…

  Francesca

  3 February, 2025

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• Signed Copies of ‘Rotting Trees’ in Carpe Noctem, Frome

  Hello everyone, I’m chuffed to announce that you can find signed copies of Rotting Trees in Carpe Noctem in Frome, Somerset. Carpe Noctem is a fabulous new small business specialising in all things magical – if you tend towards paganism or herbalism, it is an absolute treasure trove (it feels a little bit Bezzina’s Emporium…

  Francesca

  27 January, 2025

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• Signed copies of ‘Rotting Trees’ at Books-on-Sea

  Hello and happy solstice, You can now find limited numbers of signed Rotting Trees paperbacks in Books-on-Sea, which is the only indie bookshop in central Southend-on-Sea and, since you’re asking, one of the city’s best hidden gems. Also, Sophey Cartwright would love it. So next time you’re in Southend high street, pop along to Alexandra…

  Francesca

  21 December, 2024

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