Icon News & Events
Announcing Queer
Posted on 2016/02/24 in New Books, News, tagged as Graphic Guide, Julia Scheele, LGBT, Meg-John Barker, Queer
IN LGBT HISTORY MONTH, ICON BOOKS ACQUIRE A GROUNDBREAKING NON-FICTION COMIC BOOK ON LGBTQ+ HISTORY. Kiera Jamison, commissioning editor at Icon Books, has acquired world rights in all languages to QUEER: A GRAPHIC HISTORY by activist-academic Meg-John Barker and illustrator Julia Scheele. Queer: A Graphic History is a groundbreaking non-fiction comic book that tells the histories of queer thought and activism. At its heart are questions and idea… Read more »
Icon Books Advent Calendar Door #22
Posted on 2015/12/22 in Competitions, tagged as
Today’s advent calendar giveaway has been chosen by Stevie Finegan, Icon’s Publicity and Digital Sales Coordinator. It is Finding Home by Emily Dugan, read below to see why this was her choice. It has been a great year for reading non-fictionally, and there were a number of books vying for my heart when asked to name one I particularly treasured. There were books that made me laugh and books that made me cry and I lingered long and hard over a go… Read more »
Icon Books Advent Calendar Door #6
Posted on 2015/12/06 in Competitions, tagged as
Our advent calendar giveaway today has been picked by Andrew Furlow, Icon’s Sales and Marketing Director. It’s Catherine Hewitt’s biography The Mistress of Paris, and here’s why Andrew has chosen it: The book I’ve most enjoyed publishing this year – though it’s a tough choice! – is Catherine Hewitt’s The Mistress of Paris. I love the way in which Hewitt weaves the story of Comtesse Valtesse de le Bigne – born into pretty much abject poverty as pl… Read more »
Icon Books Advent Calendar Door #4
Posted on 2015/12/04 in Competitions, tagged as
Today’s Advent Calendar giveaway has been chosen by our intern of the past couple of weeks, Faye Harvey She’s chosen a fabulous book which we published in late 2012 – Pandaemonium by Humphrey Jennings. The book, originally published in 1985, inspired Danny Boyle’s showstopping opening ceremony of the London Olympics of that year, though it was languishing out of print. Our editor spoke to the author’s daughter, Marie-Louise Jennings, who died her… Read more »
Icon Books – Advent Calendar
Posted on 2015/12/01 in New Books, News, tagged as Catherine Hewitt, How to Sound Cultured, Hubert van den Bergh, John Farndon, Messi, Messi vs Ronaldo, Mistress of Paris, Ronaldo, Thomas W. Hodgkinson, You Think You're Clever, beyond the call, brian clegg, luca caioli, marc allum, moons
Behind door #1, a copy of every book we’ve published in the last two months! Win this stack of eight books on our Twitter page! So Christmas is here. And what better way to celebrate than with a bookish advent calendar? So every day we’ll be giving away a book or book-related gift. Behind every door is something different, so keep an eye out on our website and our Twitter for new and exciting prizes each day until Christmas. Behind the first door… Read more »
How to Sound Cultured – Radio 4
Posted on 2015/11/05 in New Books, News, tagged as Christmas Gift, Cultured, How to Sound Cultured, Hubert van den Bergh, New Titles, Radio 4, Sunday Herald, Sunday Times, Thomas W. Hodgkinson
Master the 250 names that intellectuals love to drop into conversation How to Sound Cultured by Thomas W. Hodgkinson and Hubert van den Burgh is published today and we’re very excited. Aside from the already receiving fantastic coverage, including this Sunday Times article Where are the British intellectuals?’ as well as this piece in the Sunday Herald, Thomas appeared on the Today show on Radio 4. Which philosopher had the maddest hairstyle? Whi… Read more »
ICON BOOKS AQUIRES EXPERT GUIDE TO NEGOTIATING
Posted on 2015/10/23 in New Books, News, tagged as New Titles, UN, acquisition, advantage spring, kiera jamison, march 2016, natalie reynolds, negotiation
Kiera Jamison, commissioning editor at Icon Books, has bought World rights in all languages to WE HAVE A DEAL: HOW TO NEGOTIATE WITH INTELLIGENCE, FLEXIBILITY AND POWER by negotiation expert Natalie Reynolds. Jamison bought the book directly from the author. Natalie Reynolds specialises in negotiation, commercial dispute resolution and governance. She is the founder of negotiation consultancy advantageSPRING and counts the BBC, JP Morgan, DLA Pip… Read more »
Man Up – a ground-breaking new book on masculinity from a 23-year old journalist
Posted on 2015/10/01 in New Books, News, tagged as Blake Friedmann, Irvine Welsh, Jack Urwin, Juliet Pickering, June, Man Up, New Titles, Tom Webber, VICE
Jack Urwin – author of Man Up Tom Webber, commissioning editor at Icon Books, has bought UK & Commonwealth rights from Juliet Pickering at Blake Friedmann to MAN UP: Surviving Modern Masculinity by Jack Urwin. Audible have bought unabridged audio rights from Juliet Pickering, to publish simultaneously in June 2016. Urwin’s article in Vice last year – A Stiff Upper Lip is Killing British Men – went viral on publication and was praised by Irvin… Read more »
Love Among the Ruins
Posted on 2015/06/24 in New Books, News, tagged as Guardian, Harry's Last Stand, harry leslie smith, history, memoir, new books
Love Among the Ruins – A memoir of life and love in Hamburg, 1945 We’re incredibly excited to announce the publication of Love Among the Ruins by Harry Leslie Smith, author of Harry’s Last Stand. Harry Leslie Smith‘s Guardian articles have been shared almost a quarter of a million times on Facebook and have attracted huge comment and debate. His book Harry’s Last Stand attracted huge praise, with Annie Lennox saying that Harry ‘is absolutely one… Read more »
New Books published in June!
Posted on 2015/06/15 in Competitions, New Books, News, tagged as June, New Titles
We have three brand new books to share with you, all published this month. First up, we’re thrilled to be publishing The Invisible Woman by Helen Walmsley-Johnson. From the irrepressible voice behind the much-loved Guardian column ‘The Vintage Years’ comes a clarion call for any woman who neither wants to be told constantly to look younger, nor is ready to join the ‘cardigan and slippers brigade’. Then we have two new paperbacks. Up first is the… Read more »
