Bookstyle

23/02/2026

Thank you Cadence publishing for the lovely words about my cover design for 'Clouds over Bowland' on their 'Beneath the Page' podcast https://youtu.be/HhsjJFNWK8E?si=g2PDXVxzgcvnDMOv Cover reveal 16 mins in... 😀

In this special episode of Beneath the Page, Steve Couch turns the tables on Sophie Beal and sits down to chat with her and editor-at-large, Gary Dalkin, for...

19/12/2025

Happy Christmas 🎄
It's that time of year - here is a little montage of what I've been working on in 2025. Wishing all the authors and publishers I've worked with this year all the best for 2026.

16/10/2025

Best wishes to John Bennett of Formidably.ai with his new book DON’T SURRENDER YOUR THINKING he's written a great blog about the process of working with me and ai. The final cover has no ai input, but it was really useful in the concept stage.
https://www.formidably.ai/blog/book-cover-design

How the cover for Don’t Surrender Your Thinking came to life through collaboration, clarity, and patience. A behind-the-scenes look at working with designer Charlotte Mouncey, and how the HAHAH Method for AI turned out to be the same pattern for great human teamwork.

28/09/2025

We are thrilled to reveal the cover for 'The Wrong Mind Murders', the fourth book in Jo Bavington-Jones Folkestone-based crime series, 'The Write Way to Die'. A huge thank you to Charlotte Mouncey at Bookstyle for another brilliant design.

17/02/2025

Thank you Kim Gottlieb-Walker for entering the cover for her book 'Lenswomen in Love' to the Chanticleer Cover Design Awards, delighted to hear it has made the long list.

The Newest Division from the CIBAs: The Chanticleer Cover Design Awards for Fiction! Congratulations to the Long Listers who made the first cut!

04/02/2025

New book alert!

Coming on January 30th, The Elfstone, the second book in Helen L Brady's Ray & Boyd series.
Penry is the youngest son of the Dark Lord of the Svartalfar. He would like to be wicked and devious to earn the approval of his father, but he’s not very good at it. His schemes keep getting him into deep trouble.

Mackenzie is an African-American teenager attending Summer School in England while her mom is at a conference. England is boring, and a weird Goth kid has caught her interest. She’s smart and capable, so she’d be more than a match for Penry if magic wasn’t involved.

Morag and Boyd will need all of their new-found knowledge of the Otherworld if they are to save Mac from Penry, and Penry from himself. Especially as Penry’s latest scheme involves the High Queen of the Fair Folk.

Pre-order links will appear here when available: https://wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/books-by-helen-l-brady/the-elfstone/
Contact us for review copies. info [at] wizardstowerpress [dot] com

04/02/2025

A bit late to facebook but finally here are covers from 2024...

04/02/2025

SIGNED AUTHOR COPIES AVAILABLE.
My new book, The Mantuary, is published this Friday 15th November - and it's not a Whitstable Pearl Mystery but a dark psychological thriller centring on domestic abuse and coercive control.
The Mantuary is already available for pre-order from bookshops like Waterstones (see the link below) and Foyles etc but if you live in, or near Whitstable you can get an author signed copy from me as I have a few author copies available.
Simply message me or add a comment below where you'll also find an interesting post from my fellow author Mark Stay Writer about why it's a good idea to support writers by buying copies directly from authors. ;) Jx

04/02/2025

Wishing Hut 22 books a bright future...

Hut 22 Books are proud to reveal the cover for their first ever publication: 'The Bonfire Buddleia' by Jo Bavington-Jones . Jo actually wrote 'Buddleia' in 2021 and it has been waiting patiently for its time to bloom. That time is now! Thank you to the very talented Charlotte Mouncey at Bookstyle for her beautiful design, and special thanks to Julie Wassmer - author for the wonderful cover endorsement.