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A Bizarre Island Holiday

March 20, 2020 by Helena Halme

I've just arrived back home to London from a very bizarre island holiday. Why Did We Decide to Travel? We'd been planning for a trip to Maui for more than twelve months. It was the highlight of our five-year work and holiday calendar. An annual convention, organised in five different, rotating … [Read more...]

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5 Tips on How to prepare for the 20 Books to 50K Conference

April 11, 2019 by Helena Halme

If you are an author and particularly a self-published writer, you've most probably heard of the 20 Books to 50K movement. The idea of 20 Books to 50K came to Michael Anderle after he made $10k in 90 days writing a few books. He realized pretty early on that if he could publish twenty books, he was … [Read more...]

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Helena’s Best Reads: My Name Is Leon by Kit de Wall

March 29, 2018 by Helena Halme

  'My Name is Leon' by Kit de Waal is a story of a lonely little boy lost in the labyrinth of the grown-up world that includes foster parents, social workers, and allotment gardeners in 1980s London. Leon's absent dad is from Antigua, and his single mother struggles to look after Leon after … [Read more...]

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Where to find your Nordic Hygge in London

February 28, 2018 by Helena Halme

As today is the International Hygge Day, I thought I'd let you know where I take myself when I feel homesick and need my Nordic Hygge fix. Whether it's Swedish Fika (coffee with cake or bun), Danish Hygge (feeling cozy) or food old-fashioned Finnish silence, you can find it in London. Nordic … [Read more...]

Tagged With: fika, Finland, hygge, Nordic, Scandinavian

Helena’s Best Reads: She Did It by Mel Sherratt

December 15, 2017 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

This month's best read is a psychological thriller, She Did It, by Mel Sherratt. This author, who I have a met a few times on the writers' circuit, has sold a whopping one million books (and counting) since she started her career in 2012. She describes her books as 'grit-lit' – gritty crime dramas … [Read more...]

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Helena’s Best Reads: After the Last Dance by Sarra Manning

September 7, 2017 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

This month I want to introduce you to a writer who is new to me: Sarra Manning. A journalist and an author, Sarra has written a huge number of young adult books but turned to adult fiction in 2009. I found her book, After the Last Dance, through a review in Grazia magazine, a section of this women's … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Book reviews, Books, romance

Want to read at Waterstones in London?

April 11, 2017 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

  I was delighted to be asked by Novel London to read from my novella, The Finnish Girl, at Waterstones, Covent Garden last Friday This event, which is organised every month, celebrates new fiction with first chapter readings by selected writers. My contribution was The Finnish Girl, a … [Read more...]

Tagged With: advice for new writers, Books, reading, The Englishman, The Finnish Girl

Novel London Reading at Waterstones and Free Books

April 6, 2017 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

Novel London Reading If you happen to be in London this Friday 7th April, please come along to a Novel London event at Waterstones Covent Garden, where I will be reading from the prequel to THE ENGLISHMAN series, THE FINNISH GIRL. There will be just the two readers, myself and Andrew Smith, plus a … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Books, London, reading, The Finnish Girl, Waterstones, writing

Support and Kindness from Other Authors

February 16, 2017 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

When I started my writing career, the one thing I didn't expect was support and kindness from my fellow authors. In the beginning, I even thought every other writer was my competitor. But how wrong I was! Over the years, mainly through the Alliance of Independent Authors, but also through just … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Author, Books, indie author, Japan, The Finnish Girl

The Good Officer is out today!

November 18, 2016 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

It’s Publication Day! My new novel, the fourth book (but also a standalone read) in The Englishman series, THE GOOD OFFICER, is out today! Hurrah! These are early reviews I’ve had so far: Another winning combination of romance in a recent historical setting, with culture clashes between Finnish … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ebook, Kindle, romance, Royal Navy, The Englishman, The Finnish Girl, The Good Officer

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