W. H. Honey was a Sydney-based publisher and also worked in the advertising industry. He published a children's paper, Young Australia in 1923, which ran for a year, and Youth, from 1930-1932. Youth spawned two Christmas annuals for children: Youth: Youth Annual and Father Time's Christmas Annual. Other publications by W. H. Honey include Bush Loveliness (wildflowers in art) [1934?], Beautiful New South Wales (travel guide) [1934?] and Sydney Greetings [1934?].
He was the husband of Madeleine Honey (qv).