Helen Pugh
@helencpugh.bsky.social
#Historicalwomen in #Somerset and #SouthAmerica who were brave and broke gender norms. #writingcommunity #history #localhistory she/her
Books from linktr.ee/helenpugh
Books from linktr.ee/helenpugh
Unsung Women in Somerset turns 2 today! She's got a few friends now to celebrate with! 🎉
#qotd What was your fave book in 2023 (or 2025 if you can't remember that for back, I prob can't!)?
#books #bookanniversary #bookgifts #Somerset
#qotd What was your fave book in 2023 (or 2025 if you can't remember that for back, I prob can't!)?
#books #bookanniversary #bookgifts #Somerset
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Unsung Women in Somerset turns 2 today! She's got a few friends now to celebrate with! 🎉
#qotd What was your fave book in 2023 (or 2025 if you can't remember that for back, I prob can't!)?
#books #bookanniversary #bookgifts #Somerset
#qotd What was your fave book in 2023 (or 2025 if you can't remember that for back, I prob can't!)?
#books #bookanniversary #bookgifts #Somerset
Had to buy more of these, as they're selling like hotcakes!
If you live near me, let me know if you want a copy! Or head to books2read.com/somerset
#qotd What was your last bookmail?
#books #Somerset #bookgifts #christmasideas #Christmasgifts #giftsforher #giftsforhim
If you live near me, let me know if you want a copy! Or head to books2read.com/somerset
#qotd What was your last bookmail?
#books #Somerset #bookgifts #christmasideas #Christmasgifts #giftsforher #giftsforhim
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Had to buy more of these, as they're selling like hotcakes!
If you live near me, let me know if you want a copy! Or head to books2read.com/somerset
#qotd What was your last bookmail?
#books #Somerset #bookgifts #christmasideas #Christmasgifts #giftsforher #giftsforhim
If you live near me, let me know if you want a copy! Or head to books2read.com/somerset
#qotd What was your last bookmail?
#books #Somerset #bookgifts #christmasideas #Christmasgifts #giftsforher #giftsforhim
New book = new merch!
On This Day in Somerset is out now! A book to read one day at a time or to be devoured in a handful of sittings!
#qotd What was the last book merch you got?
#bookmerch #books #somerset #bookstagram #book
On This Day in Somerset is out now! A book to read one day at a time or to be devoured in a handful of sittings!
#qotd What was the last book merch you got?
#bookmerch #books #somerset #bookstagram #book
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
New book = new merch!
On This Day in Somerset is out now! A book to read one day at a time or to be devoured in a handful of sittings!
#qotd What was the last book merch you got?
#bookmerch #books #somerset #bookstagram #book
On This Day in Somerset is out now! A book to read one day at a time or to be devoured in a handful of sittings!
#qotd What was the last book merch you got?
#bookmerch #books #somerset #bookstagram #book
🎉On This Day in #Somerset: A Calendar of Women is released today! 🎊
It's got...
🔱 Roman goddesses
🗳 Courageous suffragettes
🌍 African royalty
🧙♀️ Witches
👷♀️ Trailblazers
... and much much more!
Could make a great gift for someone in your life!
#book #Somersethistory #historybook #womeninhistory
It's got...
🔱 Roman goddesses
🗳 Courageous suffragettes
🌍 African royalty
🧙♀️ Witches
👷♀️ Trailblazers
... and much much more!
Could make a great gift for someone in your life!
#book #Somersethistory #historybook #womeninhistory
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🎉On This Day in #Somerset: A Calendar of Women is released today! 🎊
It's got...
🔱 Roman goddesses
🗳 Courageous suffragettes
🌍 African royalty
🧙♀️ Witches
👷♀️ Trailblazers
... and much much more!
Could make a great gift for someone in your life!
#book #Somersethistory #historybook #womeninhistory
It's got...
🔱 Roman goddesses
🗳 Courageous suffragettes
🌍 African royalty
🧙♀️ Witches
👷♀️ Trailblazers
... and much much more!
Could make a great gift for someone in your life!
#book #Somersethistory #historybook #womeninhistory
You can now preorder the paperback of On This Day in Somerset ahead of the official publication day tomorrow! 🎊
Head to books2read.com/somerset
#newbook #newrelease #booksofbsky #paperback #almanac #historybook #Somerset
Head to books2read.com/somerset
#newbook #newrelease #booksofbsky #paperback #almanac #historybook #Somerset
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You can now preorder the paperback of On This Day in Somerset ahead of the official publication day tomorrow! 🎊
Head to books2read.com/somerset
#newbook #newrelease #booksofbsky #paperback #almanac #historybook #Somerset
Head to books2read.com/somerset
#newbook #newrelease #booksofbsky #paperback #almanac #historybook #Somerset
🎉 Just hit a milestone: 700 books sold! 📚✨
Thank you SO much to everyone who’s supported my writing journey, every single purchase means the world to me. Here’s to many more history adventures! 💖
#books #author #writer #onthisdayinsomerset
Thank you SO much to everyone who’s supported my writing journey, every single purchase means the world to me. Here’s to many more history adventures! 💖
#books #author #writer #onthisdayinsomerset
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🎉 Just hit a milestone: 700 books sold! 📚✨
Thank you SO much to everyone who’s supported my writing journey, every single purchase means the world to me. Here’s to many more history adventures! 💖
#books #author #writer #onthisdayinsomerset
Thank you SO much to everyone who’s supported my writing journey, every single purchase means the world to me. Here’s to many more history adventures! 💖
#books #author #writer #onthisdayinsomerset
✨ Happy St Elfleda’s Day! ✨
2 miracles are associated with this 10th-C saint: 1️⃣ When a king visited Elfleda and she had no drinks for his men, she prayed and turned water into mead so everyone could have a drink! 2️⃣ For her second miracle, check out Unsung Women in Somerset or On This Day in Somerset
2 miracles are associated with this 10th-C saint: 1️⃣ When a king visited Elfleda and she had no drinks for his men, she prayed and turned water into mead so everyone could have a drink! 2️⃣ For her second miracle, check out Unsung Women in Somerset or On This Day in Somerset
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
✨ Happy St Elfleda’s Day! ✨
2 miracles are associated with this 10th-C saint: 1️⃣ When a king visited Elfleda and she had no drinks for his men, she prayed and turned water into mead so everyone could have a drink! 2️⃣ For her second miracle, check out Unsung Women in Somerset or On This Day in Somerset
2 miracles are associated with this 10th-C saint: 1️⃣ When a king visited Elfleda and she had no drinks for his men, she prayed and turned water into mead so everyone could have a drink! 2️⃣ For her second miracle, check out Unsung Women in Somerset or On This Day in Somerset
Today is 2nd October and it was on this day in 1850 that Sarah Biffin died in Liverpool.
🎨 🖌️ Mouth and Foot Painting Artists states she was “the first recorded British mouth-painter”.
Sarah features in Unsung Women in Somerset as well as On This Day in Somerset. linktr.ee/helenpugh
🎨 🖌️ Mouth and Foot Painting Artists states she was “the first recorded British mouth-painter”.
Sarah features in Unsung Women in Somerset as well as On This Day in Somerset. linktr.ee/helenpugh
October 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today is 2nd October and it was on this day in 1850 that Sarah Biffin died in Liverpool.
🎨 🖌️ Mouth and Foot Painting Artists states she was “the first recorded British mouth-painter”.
Sarah features in Unsung Women in Somerset as well as On This Day in Somerset. linktr.ee/helenpugh
🎨 🖌️ Mouth and Foot Painting Artists states she was “the first recorded British mouth-painter”.
Sarah features in Unsung Women in Somerset as well as On This Day in Somerset. linktr.ee/helenpugh
#ShoemakersMuseum in Street, #Somerset
♡ Good for kids with some hands-on stuff and big fossils
♡ Info on women in Street, useful for my book research
♡ Also info on African Americans who visited Street and Black people's contributions to shoemaking
#streetsomerset #history #shoes #fossils
♡ Good for kids with some hands-on stuff and big fossils
♡ Info on women in Street, useful for my book research
♡ Also info on African Americans who visited Street and Black people's contributions to shoemaking
#streetsomerset #history #shoes #fossils
September 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#ShoemakersMuseum in Street, #Somerset
♡ Good for kids with some hands-on stuff and big fossils
♡ Info on women in Street, useful for my book research
♡ Also info on African Americans who visited Street and Black people's contributions to shoemaking
#streetsomerset #history #shoes #fossils
♡ Good for kids with some hands-on stuff and big fossils
♡ Info on women in Street, useful for my book research
♡ Also info on African Americans who visited Street and Black people's contributions to shoemaking
#streetsomerset #history #shoes #fossils
Today is 29th September and it was on this day in 1777 that Caroline Herschel and her brother William moved to 19 New King Street in Bath from a previous home also in Bath.
🎼🌠🪐☄️
Caroline Herschel features On This Day in Somerset, so go check it out! books2read.com/somerset
🎼🌠🪐☄️
Caroline Herschel features On This Day in Somerset, so go check it out! books2read.com/somerset
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today is 29th September and it was on this day in 1777 that Caroline Herschel and her brother William moved to 19 New King Street in Bath from a previous home also in Bath.
🎼🌠🪐☄️
Caroline Herschel features On This Day in Somerset, so go check it out! books2read.com/somerset
🎼🌠🪐☄️
Caroline Herschel features On This Day in Somerset, so go check it out! books2read.com/somerset
Books where women take their rightful place... centre stage!
#books
#indieauthor
#womeninhistory
#historicalwomen
#booksofbsky
#history
#books
#indieauthor
#womeninhistory
#historicalwomen
#booksofbsky
#history
September 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Books where women take their rightful place... centre stage!
#books
#indieauthor
#womeninhistory
#historicalwomen
#booksofbsky
#history
#books
#indieauthor
#womeninhistory
#historicalwomen
#booksofbsky
#history
The Bank of England will redesign our nation's #banknotes & has invited the public to suggest what could feature on them.
I've just posted to Medium my suggestions for #women with a connection to #Somerset. Link below.
#qotd Who do you think deserves to be on a banknote in your country?
I've just posted to Medium my suggestions for #women with a connection to #Somerset. Link below.
#qotd Who do you think deserves to be on a banknote in your country?
September 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Bank of England will redesign our nation's #banknotes & has invited the public to suggest what could feature on them.
I've just posted to Medium my suggestions for #women with a connection to #Somerset. Link below.
#qotd Who do you think deserves to be on a banknote in your country?
I've just posted to Medium my suggestions for #women with a connection to #Somerset. Link below.
#qotd Who do you think deserves to be on a banknote in your country?
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh for books that include Pachamama and many other Inca goddesses and women.
#pachamama #1deagosto #pachamamaraymi #diadelapachamama #diosa #madrenaturaleza #naturaleza #inca #incaica #precolombino #prehispanico #1staugust #1august #raymi #mothernature #precolumbian #incan
#pachamama #1deagosto #pachamamaraymi #diadelapachamama #diosa #madrenaturaleza #naturaleza #inca #incaica #precolombino #prehispanico #1staugust #1august #raymi #mothernature #precolumbian #incan
August 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh for books that include Pachamama and many other Inca goddesses and women.
#pachamama #1deagosto #pachamamaraymi #diadelapachamama #diosa #madrenaturaleza #naturaleza #inca #incaica #precolombino #prehispanico #1staugust #1august #raymi #mothernature #precolumbian #incan
#pachamama #1deagosto #pachamamaraymi #diadelapachamama #diosa #madrenaturaleza #naturaleza #inca #incaica #precolombino #prehispanico #1staugust #1august #raymi #mothernature #precolumbian #incan
Happy St Ealswitha's Day!
Ealswitha (or Elswith or Ealhswith) was Queen of Wessex as the wife of Alfred the Great.
One of her links to Somerset is spending part of 878 AD hiding at Athelney from the Vikings.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
#20july #onthisday #Somerset #history
Ealswitha (or Elswith or Ealhswith) was Queen of Wessex as the wife of Alfred the Great.
One of her links to Somerset is spending part of 878 AD hiding at Athelney from the Vikings.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
#20july #onthisday #Somerset #history
July 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Happy St Ealswitha's Day!
Ealswitha (or Elswith or Ealhswith) was Queen of Wessex as the wife of Alfred the Great.
One of her links to Somerset is spending part of 878 AD hiding at Athelney from the Vikings.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
#20july #onthisday #Somerset #history
Ealswitha (or Elswith or Ealhswith) was Queen of Wessex as the wife of Alfred the Great.
One of her links to Somerset is spending part of 878 AD hiding at Athelney from the Vikings.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
#20july #onthisday #Somerset #history
Hope you're enjoying the summer (or winter)!
These could make a great holiday read for you and/or the kids in your lives.
Epic journeys through hundreds of years of South American legends, history, culture and even football.
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh
#kidslit
#kidsbooks
#historyforkids
These could make a great holiday read for you and/or the kids in your lives.
Epic journeys through hundreds of years of South American legends, history, culture and even football.
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh
#kidslit
#kidsbooks
#historyforkids
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hope you're enjoying the summer (or winter)!
These could make a great holiday read for you and/or the kids in your lives.
Epic journeys through hundreds of years of South American legends, history, culture and even football.
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh
#kidslit
#kidsbooks
#historyforkids
These could make a great holiday read for you and/or the kids in your lives.
Epic journeys through hundreds of years of South American legends, history, culture and even football.
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh
#kidslit
#kidsbooks
#historyforkids
Available via these links:
Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Colour Edition): amzn.to/4jVMkSU
Inca-tastic Tales: amzn.to/44q7gxa
Jungle-tastic Tales: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
#booksforkids #kidslit #readingwithkids #culturalbooksforkids #historyforkids #commissionearned
Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Colour Edition): amzn.to/4jVMkSU
Inca-tastic Tales: amzn.to/44q7gxa
Jungle-tastic Tales: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
#booksforkids #kidslit #readingwithkids #culturalbooksforkids #historyforkids #commissionearned
May 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Available via these links:
Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Colour Edition): amzn.to/4jVMkSU
Inca-tastic Tales: amzn.to/44q7gxa
Jungle-tastic Tales: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
#booksforkids #kidslit #readingwithkids #culturalbooksforkids #historyforkids #commissionearned
Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Colour Edition): amzn.to/4jVMkSU
Inca-tastic Tales: amzn.to/44q7gxa
Jungle-tastic Tales: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
#booksforkids #kidslit #readingwithkids #culturalbooksforkids #historyforkids #commissionearned
#OnThisDay in 871, Alfred the Great became King of #Wessex with his wife, Elswitha, by his side. They would undergo many upheavals, the lowest point being their wandering through the #Somerset Levels when she was in her mid- to late twenties.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
April 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#OnThisDay in 871, Alfred the Great became King of #Wessex with his wife, Elswitha, by his side. They would undergo many upheavals, the lowest point being their wandering through the #Somerset Levels when she was in her mid- to late twenties.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
Really enjoyed the exhibition on women in Somerset in WWII at the Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury. Useful for my research for On This Day in Somerset!
#qotd What was the last interesting place you visited?
#Somerset #womeninsomerset #Glastonbury
#qotd What was the last interesting place you visited?
#Somerset #womeninsomerset #Glastonbury
April 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Really enjoyed the exhibition on women in Somerset in WWII at the Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury. Useful for my research for On This Day in Somerset!
#qotd What was the last interesting place you visited?
#Somerset #womeninsomerset #Glastonbury
#qotd What was the last interesting place you visited?
#Somerset #womeninsomerset #Glastonbury
Lovely to see my book on sale at Somerset Rural Life Museum 😍
#Somerset #womeninsomerset #unsungwomen #glastonbury
#qotd Have you heard of the other books around it?
#Somerset #womeninsomerset #unsungwomen #glastonbury
#qotd Have you heard of the other books around it?
April 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lovely to see my book on sale at Somerset Rural Life Museum 😍
#Somerset #womeninsomerset #unsungwomen #glastonbury
#qotd Have you heard of the other books around it?
#Somerset #womeninsomerset #unsungwomen #glastonbury
#qotd Have you heard of the other books around it?
#Meta stole my books: Cuentos incatásticos and Pachamama, diosa extraordinaria. Meta used the #LibGen dataset, full of pirated works, to train their AI.
META must #DoTheWriteThing.
Please continue to support authors by purchasing our work and using your local library. #makeitfair
META must #DoTheWriteThing.
Please continue to support authors by purchasing our work and using your local library. #makeitfair
April 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#Meta stole my books: Cuentos incatásticos and Pachamama, diosa extraordinaria. Meta used the #LibGen dataset, full of pirated works, to train their AI.
META must #DoTheWriteThing.
Please continue to support authors by purchasing our work and using your local library. #makeitfair
META must #DoTheWriteThing.
Please continue to support authors by purchasing our work and using your local library. #makeitfair
Meta has used the Library Genesis (LIbGen) dataset, which is full of pirated material, to develop their AI systems!
The #MakeItFair campaign is fighting against propsed changes to copyright law that would damage creative industries.
#dothewritething #societyofauthors #libgen
The #MakeItFair campaign is fighting against propsed changes to copyright law that would damage creative industries.
#dothewritething #societyofauthors #libgen
April 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Meta has used the Library Genesis (LIbGen) dataset, which is full of pirated material, to develop their AI systems!
The #MakeItFair campaign is fighting against propsed changes to copyright law that would damage creative industries.
#dothewritething #societyofauthors #libgen
The #MakeItFair campaign is fighting against propsed changes to copyright law that would damage creative industries.
#dothewritething #societyofauthors #libgen
👉 You can now pre-order the ebook of:
On This Day in Somerset (A Calendar of Women)
books2read.com/somerset
😃📚😃
#onthisdayinSomerset #womenInHistory #womenInSomerset #history
On This Day in Somerset (A Calendar of Women)
books2read.com/somerset
😃📚😃
#onthisdayinSomerset #womenInHistory #womenInSomerset #history
April 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
👉 You can now pre-order the ebook of:
On This Day in Somerset (A Calendar of Women)
books2read.com/somerset
😃📚😃
#onthisdayinSomerset #womenInHistory #womenInSomerset #history
On This Day in Somerset (A Calendar of Women)
books2read.com/somerset
😃📚😃
#onthisdayinSomerset #womenInHistory #womenInSomerset #history
Pre-order coming soon! Hope you like the cover!
From Roman times to the present day and from Athelney to the Zoylands, this is 366 days of women across Somerset.
#somerset #onthisdayinSomerset #womeninSomerset #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth #onthisday
From Roman times to the present day and from Athelney to the Zoylands, this is 366 days of women across Somerset.
#somerset #onthisdayinSomerset #womeninSomerset #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth #onthisday
March 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Pre-order coming soon! Hope you like the cover!
From Roman times to the present day and from Athelney to the Zoylands, this is 366 days of women across Somerset.
#somerset #onthisdayinSomerset #womeninSomerset #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth #onthisday
From Roman times to the present day and from Athelney to the Zoylands, this is 366 days of women across Somerset.
#somerset #onthisdayinSomerset #womeninSomerset #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth #onthisday
#OnThisDay in 1750, Caroline Herschel was born in Germany.
A talented singer and astronomer, she lived in Bath for several years and will feature in my next book!
#Somerset #bath #womenshistorymonth #womeninhistory #astronomy #carolineherschel
A talented singer and astronomer, she lived in Bath for several years and will feature in my next book!
#Somerset #bath #womenshistorymonth #womeninhistory #astronomy #carolineherschel
March 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#OnThisDay in 1750, Caroline Herschel was born in Germany.
A talented singer and astronomer, she lived in Bath for several years and will feature in my next book!
#Somerset #bath #womenshistorymonth #womeninhistory #astronomy #carolineherschel
A talented singer and astronomer, she lived in Bath for several years and will feature in my next book!
#Somerset #bath #womenshistorymonth #womeninhistory #astronomy #carolineherschel