Before we get into the main course (sorry, food on my brain… I mean “main topic”) for today, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who’s sent kind messages in after our announcement last week. We’ve had so many people saying good luck, congratulations or how much our books have helped them –… Read More »

Something a bit different this week – instead of talking about tech I’m going to give you some big (and I think good!) news about the future of The Helpful Book Company. I set The Helpful Book Company up over 14 years ago now – and as of the 1st November I’m going to be… Read More »

I’ve been looking back over all the newsletters I’ve written over the past years – there’ve been a lot!  Most of them are still relevant, too, though some bits are obviously out of date. It set me thinking – out of all that lot, what are the most useful bits? I could read all however-many-hundred… Read More »

I started writing that I’m mentioning this “for the last time” and realised it sounds like someone having a row – you know, when they shout “For the last time, I’m not going to put the bins out” or whatever. You’ll be glad to know that’s not what I mean! But this is the last… Read More »

A quick note to say that the “Keeping in touch” books are now in stock.   I always love getting deliveries of new books – apart from anything else, I love the smell of them!  (I know, I know, some people say I’m bonkers for it!) There are two reasons I wanted to mention that they’re… Read More »