Helen Smith
Helen Smith is Professor of Literature at the University of York, UK and Director of Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print. She has published widely on the history of printing and the presentation of the printed page in books, including Renaissance Paratexts (2011), Grossly Material Things: Women and Book Production in Early Modern England (2012), A Cultural History of Media in the Renaissance (forthcoming 2026), and articles on everything from the culinary arts of the print house to the culture and craft of wood type. Through her practice-led research at Thin Ice Press, she works to preserve the endangered craft of letterpress printing and bring it to new audiences, including through fine press publication.