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Book goes on sale

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Helen Johnson
Golden Clippings, anthology by Thirsk Write Now

My first piece of fiction in paper print has gone on sale, in Thirk’s award-winning independent bookshop, White Rose Books. My work is a short story, included in an anthology Continue Reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged creative writing, fiction

Blow your own Christmas Bauble

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Helen Johnson
blown glass baubles at Uredale Glass

It’s Christmas, a time of light and sparkle.  And for this, glass is the ultimate material.  Glittering, translucent, and richly coloured, glass has graced Christmas celebrations for centuries.  And now, Continue Reading →

Posted in Crafts and Arts, Festivals and Traditions, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged Christmas, Crafts and Arts, Dalesman Magazine, Festivals and Traditions, History and Archaeology

West Tanfield’s Christmas Play

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Helen Johnson

  Each Christmas in West Tanfield, North Yorkshire, people come together to put on their own Christmas play. They prefer classic stories.  They’ve done the Nativity, St Nicholas, and Babushka.  Continue Reading →

Posted in Festivals and Traditions, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged Christmas, Dalesman Magazine, Festivals and Traditions, journalism, Yorkshire

Short Story Glory

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Helen Johnson
Life is harder than a game of chess

I am absolutely delighted that my short story, The Boy Who Stood Up, has won runner up in the  Kosta’s Olive Tree Short Story Competion. They asked for stories about someone who Continue Reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged creative writing, fiction, Short Stories

Dear Mrs Pennyman…

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Helen Johnson
Roisin Higgins leads the Pennyman letters study

War memorials all over the country display sorrowful lists of men killed in the Great War. But what of the families they left behind?  What of wives and mothers left Continue Reading →

Posted in History and Archaeology, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged 20th century history, Dalesman Magazine, History and Archaeology, journalism, places to visit, The Great War, Women's history, Yorkshire

Historical Novel in Progress

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Helen Johnson
11th century re enactors

I completed the first draft of my historical novel this week.   The novel was was inspired by the many historians, re-enactors, museum curators and archaeologists I’ve met over the Continue Reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged creative writing, fiction, historical fiction

Appleton Wiske Scarecrow Festival 2017

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Helen Johnson
Giant scarecrow at Appleton Wiske Scarecrow Festival 2017

Appleton Wiske Scarecrow festival is here again, running 1 and 2 July 2017 With games, crafts, plant stalls and plenty to eat and drink, as well as the scarecrows, there’s Continue Reading →

Posted in Appleton Wiske, Festivals and Traditions, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged Appleton Wiske, Festivals and Traditions, journalism, Yorkshire

Yorkshire’s King Arthur

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Helen Johnson
Oliver Robinson on Roman Road near Bainbridge

Yorkshire – born Oliver Robinson has spent years delving into the murk of Yorkshire’s Dark Ages.  He looked into the years between the departure of the Romans, and the flowering Continue Reading →

Posted in History and Archaeology, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged Dalesman Magazine, History and Archaeology, Yorkshire

‘1069’ Historical fiction novel in progress

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Helen Johnson
What was it like when soldiers came to 11th century York?

I am absolutely delighted that ‘1069’, my historical novel in progress has been selected for Writers’ Block North East 2017, a creative development programme.   Twenty writers will receive training Continue Reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged fiction, historical fiction

Alastair Simms: Cooper

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Helen Johnson
Alastair Simms is a cooper

Alastair the Cooper makes casks    Alastair Simms is a cooper: he makes wooden casks, most commonly seen as beer barrels.  He began, he  recalls, “When I had a school Continue Reading →

Posted in Crafts and Arts, History and Archaeology, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged Crafts and Arts, Dalesman Magazine, History and Archaeology, journalism, Yorkshire

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