Book Publicist Helen
@helenmccusker
Mama, journalist, award-winning freelance book publicist. Publicity Manager @ReaktionBooks 📚 Founder @TheAuthorHour Proud to be a @TheBookseller Rising Star 🌟
Can we at least get the bear essentials sorted please…? #ResignationWatch #Resignations #Number10 #LiaisonCommittee #PaddingtonParty
A full bag of crisps … a rare occurrence these days! Thanks @LidlGB for helping the Monday afternoon energy slump… 😋
From a sexy fairy story to a gourmet memoir, these are the books chosen by the British Book Awards judges goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/e…
This was one of my picks out of the July non-fiction books! I'm really looking forward to reading it.
A charming (4 star!) review in @TelegraphBooks for one of my authors @reaktionbooks Teaching us all that we can learn so much from our elders “[A] fascinating history of old age . . . Winter Dreams is a satisfying meal of a book and I learnt a great deal.” telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fict…
A charming (4 star!) review in @TelegraphBooks for one of my authors @reaktionbooks Teaching us all that we can learn so much from our elders “[A] fascinating history of old age . . . Winter Dreams is a satisfying meal of a book and I learnt a great deal.” telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fict…
This month @YvonneArnaud present 2 plays, which will run simultaneously 😲 Two sets of identical twins arrive in the same town, on the same day, completely unaware of the other’s existence - what could possibly go wrong? yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/whats-on/the-c… 🎭 #theatre #Guildford #Shakespeare
Exclusive article in @Telegraph today for The Age of Hitler, by Alec Ryrie @reaktionbooks 📚 telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fict…
Today we are running @raceforlife in #Portsmouth #Southsea for the first time in memory of my Mum, Linda 💗 Donations and prayers gratefully received x x fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/helens-ra…
There are calls for the government to step in over gossip website 'Tattle Life'. Dr Jessica Taylor, founder of VictimFocus, wants to see mass criminalisation and a public inquiry after gathering evidence from hundreds of people who say they have been targeted by hateful posts on…
Our critic’s pick: “Gustav Mahler,” by Stephen Downes (Reaktion Books). @reaktionbooks newcriterion.com/dispatch/the-c…
I will be talking about my book, The Newsmongers: A History of Tabloid Journalism, at the York Festival of Ideas this Saturday -all welcome @YorkFestofIdea @MediaComGold @reaktionbooks #yorkideas yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calendar/…
Great to catch up with musicologist Dr. Liam Cagney today to discuss #publicity for his forthcoming #book - Berghain Nights - which will be published by @reaktionbooks on 1st October 2025 #music #techno #Berlin #Berghain #newbook
Interviewed in @DailyMirror today about that old chestnut, Berlin club doors and bouncers
The winners of The #BritishBookAwards 2025 for Independent Bookshop of the Year, Small Press of the Year and Library of the Year were revealed tonight (12th May) in London 👇 #Nibbies thebookseller.com/news/the-briti…
We're delighted to announce the #IndieBookAwards 2025 shortlist. Championing the best paperbacks of the summer, the books are curated by independent bookshops as part of #IndieBookshopWeek (14 - 21 June). Find out more in the 🔗 in our bio. #ChooseBookshops 🧡
VE Day: Three Spam recipes, as sales shoot up ahead of the celebrations #VEDay #SPAM #SecondWorldWar 📌 standard.co.uk/going-out/food… 📚 reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/spam
To celebrate #VEDay one of our @reaktionbooks #authors, Kelly A. Spring, spoke to @Countrylifemag about her new book SPAM: A Global History. countrylife.co.uk/food-drink/spa… #veday80thanniversary #SPAM #VEDay80 📚🇬🇧
Best of luck to our #author Jill Norman @JillNorman8 @reaktionbooks for tonight’s @Fortnums Food and Drink Awards. 📚🤞🏻#FandMAwards #Fortnums 🍽️🥂
.@Fortnums has released the shortlist for this year's Food and Drink Awards, which 'celebrate excellence in writing, broadcasting, and photography' bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)
I really enjoyed @octagontheatre ‘s Animal Farm this month at @YvonneArnaud A thought-provoking re-telling of the George Orwell classic. The messages in it are more important than ever in the current political climate. With power, comes corruption. A powerful piece of #theatre 🎭
London friends! Get yourself to @BatterseaBooks for SIGNED copies of Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact by Keith Cooper. Amazing Worlds is their non-fiction book of the month!
If you’re not reading anything at the moment, are in a reading rut or just looking for inspiration! I’m your bookseller! Just give me your fave book and your fave Netflix series and the book you couldn’t finish and I will try my best to match you with your next read!