Author Talk – Unsung Women of Somerset – Helen Pugh

From pre-Roman to modern times, we meet women with courage, kindness, innovation and even some who smashed the rules!

Join local author Helen Pugh for an exclusive reading and talk about her novel,  Unsung Women in Somerset –  a must-read book about the real-life and legendary women who lived, loved, worked and struggled in Somerset. From pre-Roman to modern times, we meet women with courage, kindness, innovation and even some who smashed the rules!

Attendees will be able to ask Helen questions about her books and process and the research undertaken in this exclusive session at Shoemakers Museum.

Tickets are £5 per person and £18.50 for a ticket and a signed copy of the book.

This talk will take place in Shoemakers’ Cafe.

Author Helen Pugh

Helen is the author of several works relating to Somerset that focus on real-life and legendary women who lived, loved, worked and struggled in Somerset. She grew up in the county and returned in 2018. The books include On This Day in Somerset and Unsung Women in Somerset.

For children, she has written Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales, short story anthologies for children based on extensive research into the rainforest and Inca history, respectively, as well as Cuentos incatásticos for Spanish speakers. Her interest in South America and the Incas began in 2006, when she first went to Ecuador. She subsequently lived there for over 7 years, many of which were very difficult.

Helen studied Spanish and Italian at university and has a lifelong passion for history, especially that of historical women who made history, but have been sidelined.