Icon News & Events
Icon launches Introducing Ethics – the App – with a very special price offer for one week only!
Posted on 2011/05/04 in General, tagged as
Icon Books announce the publication of the first ever electronic versions of their famous Introducing series of graphic guide books. Developed in association with Eldan Software, the Introducing Ethics iPhone and iPad app is available to buy now on Apple’s App Store and will be available on Android shortly. The app is priced at £2.99 in the UK ($4.99 in the US) and leverages technology from Robot Media SL, whose work includes the Scott Pilgrim an… Read more »
Tales of London virgins – The First Time in the Evening Standard
Posted on 2011/05/04 in General, tagged as
Kate Monro, ‘London’s foremost virgin inquisitor’ and the author of The First Time, published by Icon tomorrow, is interviewed in today’s Evening Standard. ‘In many ways her book is a corrective to the fantasy images we see of guilt-free, pornified sex,’ the article says “I think these stories fill the vacuum. They bring back the reality of sex.”‘ Read the full piece here and more about the book here. Kate’s blog, The Virginity Project, which whi… Read more »
Kate Monro on Women’s Hour
Posted on 2011/05/03 in General, tagged as
Kate Monro, left, author of The First Time, was interviewed on Women’s Hour yesterday about her book which is published this week. Presenter Jenni Murray and Kate talked about virginity loss and how perceptions of it have changed over the years. Listen to the piece again for the next 6 days here. The book was also extracted in The Times on Saturday.
Brian Clegg interviewed
Posted on 2011/04/28 in General, tagged as
Inflight Science author Brian Clegg, pictured left, is interviewed for Keeper of the Snails, a blog by ‘British reader and writer’ Claire Dudman. He talks particularly about his new book, and what a previous job at BA gave him in helping to write it. Read the full interview here.
David Orrell’s Economyths shortlisted for National Business Book Award in Canada
Posted on 2011/04/26 in General, tagged as
Economyths – subtitled Ten Ways That Economics Gets in Wrong – has been shortlisted for this prestigious award in the author’s native Canada. Now in its 26th year, the National Business Book Award is an annual celebration of Canadian authors of exceptional non-fiction, business-related books published in Canada. The award has come to be recognized as one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards. It continues to gain attention from not only th… Read more »
Abridged too far?
Posted on 2011/04/21 in General, tagged as
John Walsh of the Independent writes a long piece in the paper today about book series which aim to distil complex information into readable, accessible and enjoyable short books. He seems to have little time for those millions who bought books like Stehen Hawking’s bestseller, pictured left, but in prefer to read shorter explanatory guides to what Hawking really meant Naturally, Icon’s books are part of the discussion, both our well-known Introd… Read more »
‘A stimulating and approachable account of the science behind flight and of what we can see from the air. Definitely recommended’
Posted on 2011/04/19 in General, tagged as
Popularscience.co.uk reviews its editor Brian Clegg’s Inflight Science here (honestly, they promise) and the New Scientist do the same here. The book is selling well and already enjoying its second reprint. Order your copy now and see what all the fuss is about!
How to write popular science
Posted on 2011/04/18 in General, tagged as
Inflight Science author Brian Clegg donates a piece of advice (‘get a dog’) to all aspiring popular science writers in this piece by Henry Gee in Guardian. It’s all to do the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize which is run in collaboration with the Guardian and the Observer. See more about prize here. Who knows, perhaps you should enter and become the next Brian Clegg (or Brian Cox)…
Masha Gessen on Start the Week this morning
Posted on 2011/04/18 in General, tagged as
Masha Gessen, author of Perfect Rigour, will be on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week programme this morning, discussing her book on mathematician Grigori Perelman with Andrew Marr. The programme starts at 9am. Tune in or listen online here.
Icon announce Introducing: Practical Guides
Posted on 2011/04/15 in General, tagged as
Icon announce today a brand new list of intelligent self-help books aimed at busy people who would like to improve their lives. It’s a new strand to our famous Introducing: Graphic Guides series of which we have sold 3 million copies around the world. The first six titles – all on psychology-related subjects – are published in August this year and you can see them all here. Publishing trade magazine The Bookseller runs this story about the launch… Read more »
