Cesca Major (and C.D.Major)

Once in a while you read a book that makes you want to rush back to read another chapter, then another and another and by the end you’re crying not just because you believe in Dan and Emma (I can’t bring myself to just call them ‘the characters’) and their love but because the story is about to end. Even rarer is the book you read that makes you evaluate your own life, the choices you make and the time you allocate because if you’re lucky enough to have found the one person you want to spend your life with, then it makes sense to make that the most precious time of all. Thank you @cescamajorauthor and I’m glad that when I (finally) got around to reading it, I could give it my full attention #books #love #maybenexttime

GIVEAWAY! Oh what a cheering sight on a rainy January day. THE RESIDENCY is here. Tag someone who loves a spooky read or tell me another spooky read you love or just say hi and I’ll pick someone from the comments and send them a proof. “Skincrawlingly good!” Happy weekend all! Find out more about this one over on my website under Books. Out August. X #giveawayuk #giveaway #freebook #freebooks #CDMajor

The 🎬news of my dreams!! The absolutely brilliant @hellosunshine (who are just smashing ALL the shows right now) and Apple Studios (home to some of my absolute faves of the last few years) are going to be making MAYBE NEXT TIME into a movie! I could not be more excited to be working with them all. X #filmnews #movienews #movies #filmadaptation #movieadaptation #booktofilm #filmdeal #CescaMajor @williammorrowbooks @harperfiction @harpercollins #lovestory #romance #romanticmovies #romanticcouples @creativeartistsagency @curtisbrownbooks

Happy Rivals Day to all who celebrate!! Here’s me in my 80s kitchen holding my 1988 hardback copy of the novel by the brilliant Jilly Cooper. If you have yet to discover her books rectify that immediately. The JOY you have ahead of you..! X #Rivals #JillyCooper

A remote island. No escape. Secrets hidden in every shadow. 👀 Author C.D. Major shares insights into the audiobook of The Residency – a chilling gothic suspense set on a remote Scottish island. Would you dare press play? Bolinda audiobooks are available on Audible, Apple Books, Google Play, Spotify and Kobo. 💚 @cescamajorauthor

Exciting news if you like a) me b) books c) supporting Indie bookshops d) buying yourself future treats you forget about and then they appear in the post TA DA e) bargains! For the next few days you can get 20% off my next book THE RESIDENCY - out this summer - over @bookshop_org_uk ! Use the code PREORDER20 and also browse all the other books you can get your mitts on too! Thank you in advance if you do choose to buy THE RESIDENCY! @canelo_co @dkbooks

99p NOW for MAYBE NEXT TIME. Link in bio. Reviewers have said: “Outstanding!” “Life changing” My book of the year!” “Not my cup of tea!” “Don’t believe the promotional hype.” Get it now whilst it’s so cheep cheep 🐦 x #books #bookobsessed #CescaMajor

Gorgeous celebratory walk after delivering a novel. There is nothing better than typing The End on something that has taken months of effort. It’s nerve-wracking too as this is the part where other people read and get to tear it to bits (to make it better, but still..!) But for today there is sun and there is cuckoos and there is typing The End. #books #amwriting #CDMajor

The news is OUT! Our Summer Book Club reveal is finally here (I say finally as at least one of the titles has been in the planning since last year!) ✨ About the Books…✨ 📚 July – The Tiny Magic Bookshop by August Bloom 📚 @augustbloomauthor Cosy Fantasy / Magical Realism Welcome to Lamplight Books where the recommendations are more than just a matter of taste… 📚 August – Six Little Words by Sally Page 📚 @bysallypage Contemporary Fiction Escape into the world of Sally Page with the perfect armchair read! From the author of phenomenal bestsellers The Keeper of Stories and The Book of Beginnings comes another novel that will warm your heart. 📚 September – The Residency by C.D Major 📚 @cescamajorauthor Suspense / Thriller Fiction The opportunity of a lifetime, or the worst mistake of your life? A Gothic Suspense novel that set on a remote Scottish Island that will keep you up all night. We are absolutely delighted to be working with these three wonderful Authors to bring you a fabulous book club (and zoom!) each month across Summer AND that all three of these Authors will be at our festival at the end of September too. So whether you are near or far, virtual or in person, you'll get the chance to meet them all! You can find all things book club on the page on our website - and the zoom details on our events page too. There are also some little extras for book box subscribers (limited though) including a hand written letter from Sally Page for the first 20 - plus all options can be bought on their own too. August Bloom is perhaps adding some doodles to July's signing as well! Purchase your subscription by 1st June 2026 and receive a free tea sachet with your first month book only subscription, or a tea sachet and sweet treat with your book box subscription. /book-club/ #BooksOfInstagram #BookLover #ReadersOfInstagram #Bookish #BookAddict #BookRecommendations #MustRead #BookHaul #ReadingTime #IndependentBookshop #Bookstagram #InstaBooks #BookCommunity #SupportLocalBookstores #HampshireBookshop #BookNook #ShopLocal #BooksAreMyBag

Love this “these books blue us away” post from the gorgeous folks @reesesbookclub - such a fab lot of reading, as ever. X #booksbooksbooks #bluebookstack #bluebooks #MaybeNextTime 🇺🇸

Loving the longer days and reading outside (when not being called upon to bowl a cricket ball/push a swing/time an assault course). Am still on my horror/thriller run of books as finishing a dark one myself but then shall be stepping fully into the light..! Latest is THE CARETAKER (out later this month) by @marcus_kliewer and it is FABULOUS - very creepy and clever X #books #amreading #ebookwormsclub #springhassprung

“I felt like I was watching a movie while reading this book. It was so good!! The gothic feel it had and the eere atmosphere was great.“ Head to NetGalley if you’re keen to read THE RESIDENCY early. Link in bio. Out this August and am loving loving loving reading the early reactions x Thanks to those shouting about it - lots of news and more to come x #TheResidency #CDMajor