Advice to Authors Series

You can get a free sample copy of Helen’s book: How to Become a Published Writer here.

The Advice to Authors Series offers writers unique and valueable insight into their craft based on Helen’s work in the publishing industry for more than a decade.

To explore all titles in the series including How & When to Sign a Book Deal, and How to Write Page-Turning Fiction, click here.

Social History and Culture

Originally published by The History Press in 2014, this new second edition of Helen’s book on ghost signs offers a photographic journey into London’s often overlooked advertising history, profiling hand-painted advertising from across the city. It investigates the companies that commissioned the signs that now appear faded – like ghosts – on the brickwork of buildings. It is a snapshot of a time that is almost forgotten but which lives on through the sometimes haunting presence of ghost signs on the city’s streets.

Richly illustrated with 150 full-colour signs, this collection reveals the many varied industries and businesses of London’s past. This book has now sold out of its original print run.

Pick up a copy of the new hardback edition here.

 

 

Much more than just a straightforward history book, this volume examines the cultural significance of The Tees Transporter Bridge and its impact on the local community. It features over 50 original photographs of the bridge and the Middlesbrough area and, perhaps most importantly, it conveys the bridge’s unique narrative which spans from modernism to the modern-day.

The second edition of this sell-out book features additional stories from people local to the Middlesbrough area and an epilogue detailing changes made to the bridge, and its locale, since the printing of the first edition.

Originally published as The Girl on the Bridge: The Tees Transporter Bridge, the second edition of this sell-out book will be available in September 2021.

 

 

Think that it’s safe to dye your hair blonde and then wander onto a film set? Think that films like Mannequin on the Move and Megashark Versus Giant Octopus are devoid of artistic value? Think again. Life Lessons I Learnt at the Movies is a collection of essays detailing important moral messages from the last century (and a bit) of cinema.

This volume includes freshly-edited versions of Helen’s most popular film columns and the new edition includes bonus features no self-respecting film fan can afford to miss. Inside, you’ll learn why The Bride of Frankenstein is a feminist icon, how DVD destroyed the family unit and why being Katherine Heigl isn’t as easy as it looks.

Originally published as True Love is Like the Loch Ness Monster and Other Lessons I Learnt From Film, the second edition of this sell-out book will be available in May 2021.