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HELEN LEDERER
writing is like stand-up comedy… but with clapping
Helen’s new memoir Not That I’m Bitter is available to order at Amazon and Waterstones - best to hurry! Given the nature of the content - it may sell out! Not That I’m Bitter is a powerful, frank and characteristically funny memoir revealing how choppy the waters could be - even in those ground-breaking, anti-Thatcher, Tory-bashing days, there was only room at top for so many women. For the rest, it was as much a struggle to be seen and heard in the world of comedy as in any boardroom or workplace, and just as difficult to avoid the predators. There’s something in Helen Lederer’s life-story that everyone can relate to. She pulls no punches, but every blow is wrapped in a laugh of recognition. Brilliantly written, revealing, and moving. Not That I’m Bitter is sweet, sour, and unforgettable. Read more in The Guardian, The Observer, and read the “Not That I’m Bitter” reviews.
Her first comedy Novel ‘LOSING IT’ published by Pan Macmillan was nominated for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize in 2015. Audio version available to download on Amazon.
Other published books include ‘COPING with HELEN LEDERER’ (Angus and Robertson), ‘SINGLE MINDING’ (Hodder and Stoughton), 'FINGER FOOD' (Quick Reads), as well as short stories in ‘GIRLS NIGHT OUT’ and ‘GIRLS NIGHT IN’ (Harper Collins).
BOOKS
 Not That I'm BitterOrder yours now - sweet, sour, laugh out loud, and addictive. |  Losing ItFrom ‘the funniest woman in England’ Dawn French Millie is agony aunt for ‘The Good Woman Magazine’. In debt, divorced and desperate, she’s about to lose her house. Worse, she has no money, a best friend with a better sex life than her, a daughter in Papua New Guinea and too much weight in places she really doesn’t want. When she’s asked to be front woman for a new diet pill, Millie naively believes that all her troubles will be solved. |  Stories To Make You SmileA seriously entertaining collection of feelgood stories guaranteed to put the smile back on your face written especially by ten bestselling novelists. From a hilarious race against time to a moment of unexpected eavesdropping, from righting wrongs in rural India to finding joy in unlikely places, these stories are all rich in wit and humour, guaranteed to lift your spirits and warm your heart. |
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 This Is How We Come Back Stronger: Feminist Writers On Turning Crisis Into ChangeFeminist writers come together to respond to the crisis of 2020 in this unique and essential collection of essays, interviews, and fiction. Spring, 2020. When everything changed. As life around the world retreated behind closed doors, gender inequalities and systemic racism were brought into new and shocking prominence. Women and non-binary people of all backgrounds and experiences were disproportionately affected by the crisis. Essential debate and action was, for a time, silenced. |  Finger FoodA Comedy of Ambition, Dreams, Treachery and Daytime Television £1.99 paperback Bella le Pard's career as a TV presenter is on hold. To fill her days, she sits in a coffee shop and obsesses about a wedding dress in the neighbouring shop. Then her luck changes when she gets the call from her old boss at Flair for Living TV to present a pilot for a new food and chat show. But will this revive her TV career? |  Single Minding: Lederer on Lone ParentingHodder and Stoughton A humorous guide in which TV comedian Helen Lederer offers advice and practical tips on how to survive the pitfalls and trials of being a single parent. |
 Girl's Night InJessica Adams £1.99 paperback An unparalleled collection of stories especially written by today’s best young female writers, to be published in aid of War Child, the charity dedicated to alleviating the suffering of children affected by war. Top authors Jessica Adams, Fiona Walker and Chris Manby have asked some of today’s bestselling young women writers and me (I was young then) to contribute stories to an anthology to be published in aid of War Child. |
PRESS ARTICLES
 Best MagazineMy advice on aging? Crack on and don’t forget face cream! |  YOU Magazine‘A martini makes me feel like James Bond’ |  Mirror Regional SyndicationI was an ambitious, funny female ... which wasn’t seen as a comfortable mix in the Eighties |
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 MetroHalf of the panto came round for a party - including Steve Guttenberg |  Women's WeeklyI’ve found the adult way to impress: step counting |  Mirror - ArticleHelen Lederer says young women today 'would be aghast' at sexism in TV in 80s and 90s |
 Perspective MagazineHumour remains women’s best weapon in gaining literary gender parity |  i News - ColumnReading a funny book can be like a spiritual high |  Women & HomeThey let me KEEP THE DRESS |
 Women's Weekly - ColumnIs it wrong to festoon a fence with fake foliage? |  i News - ColumnWhat a joy to return to events – I was so excited I considered inviting Bill Bailey on a caravan holiday |  The SpectatorWhy you should be careful what you pray for |
 The SpectatorDiary |  i News - Column |  i (newspaper) |
 The Telegraph - Life and Times |  Woman's Weekly - ColumnI decided to stop being a social flake and set up a book club in my own home. |  The Times Literary Supplement |
 Woman's Weekly - ColumnThe reason I knew time had flown was because my trellises had blown away. |  The SpectatorDiary |  Sunday Telegraph |
 Woman's Weekly - ColumnMy need to please people all started with a chocolate biscuit... |  My Weekly - Ask HelenHelen has been My Weekly's Agony Aunt for many years. |  Mail on SundayA bit of bouncing on the beds … purely in the name of important research. |
 Woman's Own |  My Weekly Summer SpecialI adore writing short stories. – a world of romance, pretty hair and I hope happy endings |
TRAVEL WRITING
 The TelegraphRead about Helen's secret weapon for beating the lockdown blues |  The Daily MailThe art of Athens |  The Daily MailFreedom & beauty in the Maldives |
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 The Mail on SundayA Taste of Luxury. Helen Lederer and her husband, Chris, sample the delights of the Cora Pearl Suite at London’s Grosvenor Hotel. |  The Mail on SundayThe Bounty Island Girl. Helen Lederer pampers herself in the Maldives where they have discovered some exotic uses for the coconut… |  The Mail on SundayPeaceful Talks at a Health Summit. Helen Lederer wanted to restore body and soul…so she took to the Troodos mountains in Cyprus |
 The Mail on SundayHealthy Mix of Sun and Sin on Pleasure Island. Some funny goings-on amid the sensual landscape of St Lucia |  The Mail on SundayHip and Thai Diet. Helen Lederer is revived by a spa in the East |  The Independent on SundayIt’s Snowtime. Helen Lederer wanted snowflakes, plural. She wanted real snow, crunchy snow, she wanted White Christmas. She went to Lapland. |
 The Independent on SundayCornish Cream. A holiday in Britain. With the family. And friends. Sounds like hell? Helen Lederer would do it all over again. Eat your heart out, Tony Blair. |
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