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‘A surprise antidote to Dickens ennui … a joyful dance of a book that even the most jaded Dickens reader will relish’
Posted on 2012/02/02 in General, tagged as
Londonist.com are very much enjoying John Sutherland’s The Dickens Dictionary, published today. ‘This is a book built to entertain, but underpinned by a long career of scholarship. Sutherland finds his subject an ‘inexhaustible fund of entertainment,’ and bends that spirit onto his own pages.’ Read the full review here and more about the book here.
The Etymologicon – The Sunday Times Number one bestseller for two weeks running!
Posted on 2012/01/30 in General, tagged as
Mark Forsyth’s now utterly ubiquitous The Etymologicon has been number one on the Sunday Times’ general hardback chart now for two weeks. It’s an incredible achievement for Mark and, we like to think, shows just how popular a brilliantly-written book can be. Congratulations to Mark from all at Icon. If you’ve been holidaying in your underground bunker for the past two months and are not sure what all the fuss is about, see more here…
How much do you really know about Charles Dickens’ dazzling imagination? – The Dickens Dictionary has arrived!
Posted on 2012/01/24 in General, tagged as
The Dickens Dictionary: An A-Z of England’s Greatest Novelist, the wonderful book by John Sutherland,has arrived in the Icon Books office! It’s written for fans old and new, a fascinating tour through Charles Dickens’ novels in the hands of a master critic. Covering America, Bastards, Childhood, Christmas, Empire, Fog, Larks, London, Madness, Murder, Orphans, Pubs, Punishment, Smells, Spontaneous Combustion and Zoo to name but a few – John Suther… Read more »
‘The Etymologicon: The little wonder that left its author lost for words’
Posted on 2012/01/24 in General, tagged as
The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth became a Sunday Times No 1. Bestseller last weekend. The Independent has written an article exploring its journey to the well-deserved top spot over the Christmas and its continued success. ‘This year’s proud recipient is Mark Forsyth and his delightful book The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language. Like those bestselling predecessors, it’s essentially a book for v… Read more »
‘Sutherland, as always, wears his erudition lightly, and his love of the quirky and off-beat shines warmly through this enjoyable book, which often made me laugh aloud’
Posted on 2012/01/23 in General, tagged as
John Sutherland’s The Dickens Dictionary, published at the start of February, was reviewed in yesterday’s Independent on Sunday. ‘Sutherland takes 100 themes, ideas, Dickensian bits and pieces and biographical fragments arranged alphabetically from Mr Sleary’s “Amuthement” to “Zoo Horrors” via serendipitous headings such as “Cauls”, “Gruel”, “Nomenclature” and “Onions”. Each section comprises a short, upbeat essay written in concise, witty, Hemin… Read more »
‘If you’ve the remotest interest in football, sport or people, buy Family this instant.’
Posted on 2012/01/18 in General, tagged as
Michael Calvin, author of Family: Life, Death and Football, published this month by our sports imprint Corinthian, is interviewed about the world of sports writing, his sabbatical from print journalism, and writing Family in this piece for The FCF: The FCF: What did you expect from the experience of writing Family, and how was it different? MC: I asked for the impossible – unrestricted access – and got it. Writing Family has given me a unique ins… Read more »
Win the chance to be drawn into Introducing Infinity
Posted on 2012/01/18 in General, tagged as
You may already know that Icon is publishing a new Introducing book later this year: Introducing Infinity by Brian Clegg and Oliver Pugh, but did you know that one lucky person will have an illustration of them appear in the book? We have extended the deadline of our #beinabook competition until Sunday 22nd January. The winner of the competition will submit a photo of themselves and be drawn into a page of Introducing Infinity! You’ll thereby liv… Read more »
Rupert Sheldrake’s seminal work on morphogenesis and morphic resonance
Posted on 2012/01/17 in General, tagged as
Dr Rupert Sheldrake’s latest book, The Science Delusion, was published by Coronet this month. However, let us go back to Rupert Sheldrake’s earlier work, originally published in the 1980s, to see where his interest in critiquing modern science began. Icon has published two fully revised and updated editions of Sheldrake’s seminal work. His theory of morphic resonance in The Presence of the Past challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern sci… Read more »
Join the Club – How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
Posted on 2012/01/12 in General, tagged as
The new paperback edition of Tina Rosenberg’s brilliant Join the Club has just arrived at Icon HQ. Tina explores in the book how, from tackling extremism in Brixton to the fall of Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia, social entrepreneurs can use positive peer pressure to help ordinary people accomplish extraordinary goals. There’s more about the book here. It’s published in paperback on February 2nd.
The Dickens Dictionary author John Sutherland explores The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Posted on 2012/01/11 in General, tagged as
Icon Books author and Victorian literature expert John Sutherland has written an insightful article for Radio Times on the enigma of all Dickens novels – the unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Sutherland in particular explores the notion that Charles Dickens committed suicide, referring to potential clues in the novel. John Sutherland excavates the hidden links in Dickens’ work further in the gloriously wide-ranging alphabetical companion, Th… Read more »
