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Ian Livingstone at the Cheltenham Literature Festival
Posted on 2012/10/09 in General, tagged as
Ian Livingstone and Charlie Higson co-hosted a zombie-tastic event at the Cheltenham Literature Festival last weekend. Ian Livingstone signed copies of his latest Fighting Fantasy gamebook, Blood of the Zombies, for eager zombie-loving fans alongside Charlie Higson, author of The Enemy series. Blood of the Zombies is available to buy now from all good bookshops. Find out more about the book here. Follow Ian on Twitter @ian_livingstone.
Read extracts from Roberto Mancini: A Footballing Life – The Full Story every Wednesday on Goal.com
Posted on 2012/10/03 in General, tagged as
Goal.com will be posting extracts from Roberto Mancini: A Footballing Life – The Full Story every Wednesday over the next 5 weeks. Roberto Mancini: A Footballing Life is the new biography from the author of bestselling Messi and Ronaldo. Luca Caioli gives the full inside story of Mancini’s rollercoaster life in football – from his early days as a firebrand centre forward, through glory days with Sampdoria and Lazio, to his emergence as a charisma… Read more »
What is Ian Livingstone’s zombie outbreak survival plan?
Posted on 2012/10/03 in General, tagged as
Ian Livingstone was interviewed by Zombies and Toys this week and revealed his personal zombie apocalypse survival plan… ZT: Have you always been a zombie fan and what influences – either from film or books inspired Blood of the Zombies? Livingstone: Everybody loves zombies, me included! And like a lot of people in my industry, I was inspired by zombie films, books and video games. Read more of the review and interview here. Zombies and Toys al… Read more »
The age of Earth… on a clock!
Posted on 2012/10/03 in General, tagged as
The Science Magpie by Simon Flynn is published tomorrow and to celebrate, we have created some fantastic infographics illustrating some of our favourite facts from the book. Geological Time Piece was created especially for the book: ‘Sometimes, discovering when something happened only begins to make sense when it’s seen in relation to other events. This is particularly easy to do if the total time is shown in the form of a clock. The age of Earth… Read more »
O Danny Boyle: Copies of Pandæmonium arrive in the Icon Books office!
Posted on 2012/10/02 in General, tagged as
Pandæmonium 1660-1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers, by Humphrey Jennings and with a foreword by Frank Cottrell Boyce, will be published this Thursday. Collecting texts taken from letters, diaries, literature, scientific journals and reports, Pandæmonium gathers a beguiling narrative as it traces the development of the machine age in Britain. Covering the years between 1660 and 1886, it offers a rich tapestry of hum… Read more »
Martin Bell to appear at Manx Litfest today
Posted on 2012/09/28 in General, tagged as
Martin Bell, author of In Harm’s Way and For Whom the Bell Tolls, will return to the Isle of Man today for Manx LitFest and to continue his work with Unicef. Manx LitFest, which started yesterday, is ‘a coming together of fine literary talent from around the British Isles’. Martin Bell will be discussing his latest books, talking to Isle of Man College sixth-form students about Unicef, and participating in an Evening With… at the Gaiety Theatre… Read more »
Introducing Chaos: A Graphic Guide – now available as an app!
Posted on 2012/09/21 in General, tagged as
Introducing Chaos is the latest Graphic Guide made into an app, available exclusively through our free Introducing Graphic Guides bookshelf app! To celebrate the release, Introducing Chaos is available at the sale price of just £1.49/$1.99, and existing apps for £1.99/$2.99, through our free Introducing Graphic Guides app, available for iPhone/iPad here. If a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, does it cause a tornado in Texas? Introducing Chaos… Read more »
The Science Magpie is now on NetGalley!
Posted on 2012/09/17 in General, tagged as
The Science Magpie, one of Icon’s key autumn titles, is now available to book reviewers, journalists, librarians, booksellers and bloggers on NetGalley. Skip through time with Darwin’s note on the pros and cons of marriage (a favourite of the Icon office!), take part in an 1858 Cambridge exam, meet the African schoolboy with a scientific puzzle named after him and much more. Browse our catalogue now! Follow Simon Flynn @science_magpie and on Pint… Read more »
‘Pandæmonium was the biggest single inspiration for the Olympics Opening Ceremony’ – Danny Boyle
Posted on 2012/09/14 in General, tagged as
We are excited to announce that Icon will be publishing a new edition of Pandæmonium 1660–1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers, the book which inspired Danny Boyle’s Olympic Opening Ceremony, in October. Danny Boyle says that ‘Pandæmonium was the biggest single inspiration for the Olympics Opening Ceremony … the book is the equivalent of Pepys giving you a guided tour of the birth of electricity and the mechanical ag… Read more »
Giddy up! Britain and Ireland’s Top 100 Racehorses rides in…
Posted on 2012/09/13 in General, tagged as
Published by our Corinthian sports imprint next month, Robin Oakley’s The Top 100 Racehorses of All Time has arrived at the Icon stables this afternoon. Pitting Kauto Star, Nijinsky, Arkle, Desert Orchid, Frankel, Red Rum and many more against each other, Oakley’s highly personal list will provoke debate among racing fans everywhere. Get involved when it’s published on 4th October. Find out more about the book here.
