Icon News & Events
‘The only trouble with this readable and well-researched book is that it leaves us no excuse for not being geniuses’
Posted on 2011/01/31 in General, tagged as
David Shenk’s The Genius in All of Us is well-reviewed in the Independent on Sunday. Read the whole thing here.
New Events page – The Dead Hand author David Hoffman at LSE, Oxford, Birmingham
Posted on 2011/01/28 in General, tagged as
Icon Books has a new Events page. Click here, or follow the tab at the top of the page. David Hoffman, author of the Pulitzer-prize winning The Dead Hand (published by Icon on 3rd Feb), will be doing a series of lectures and discussions around the subject of his book – covering Reagan, Gorbachev and the Cold War arms race, as well as the role of the UK government and Maggie Thatcher during the 1980s.
‘Cordelia Fine has produced a witty and meticulously researched exposé of the sloppy studies that pass for scientific evidence in so many of today’s bestselling books on sex differences’
Posted on 2011/01/28 in General, tagged as
The Times Literary Supplement has a great review of Cordelia Fine’s book, out in Paperback on 3rd Feb. ‘Anyone else who would like to know what today’s best science reveals about gender differences – and similarities – could not do better than read this book.’ To order a copy, click here.
‘Leave the libraries alone. You don’t know the value of what you’re looking after. It is too precious to destroy.’ Philip Pullman makes a brilliant speech defending libraries from Pickles’ Axe
Posted on 2011/01/27 in General, tagged as
No Icon book to sell here, but anyone who cares about books and reading will want to read this speech by novelist Philip Pullman made in Oxford last week. He lambasts the government cuts to local authority spending which are going to massively reduce the number of libraries available to the public. For anyone who’s experienced the wonder that a public library can provide, it’s a rousing address. Oh and, all right then – here’s an Icon book to men… Read more »
Jilted Generation co-author Shiv Malik debates the UK’s Lost Generation on Al Jazeera
Posted on 2011/01/26 in General, tagged as
The Livingstone-Hope Skills Review of Video Games and Visual Effects
Posted on 2011/01/24 in General, tagged as
Ian Livingstone, co-creator of Wizard Books’ peerless interactive gamebook series Fighting Fantasy, will be speaking at this high-profile Nesta event in Leicester Square in London next week alongside Culture Minister Ed Vaisey. Ian, who is Life President of games publisher Eidos and who was awarded an OBE in 2006 for his services to the computer games industry, will be launching a major new report on how the UK can be transformed into the world’… Read more »
Icon Books appoints Philip Cotterell as non-exec director
Posted on 2011/01/24 in General, tagged as
We’re proud to announce this morning the appointment of Philip Cotterell as a non-executive Director of Icon Books. Philip Cotterell has worked closely with Icon for the last three years in an advisory capacity since the sale of Piatkus Books. The Bookseller, the publishing trade magazine, has a story about the appointment here and our full press release is available to read here.
Jilted Generation co-author Shiv Malik on the BBC Daily Politics show on why falling house prices are good news
Posted on 2011/01/20 in General, tagged as
‘Are we not just whining about not having everything handed to us on a plate??? The authors of ‘Jilted Generation’ make a very convincing case to the contrary.’
Posted on 2011/01/20 in General, tagged as
Ed Howker and Shiv Malik’s Jilted Generation – absolutely the book du jour if you’re a young person worried about your future – is discussed on the Really Very blog. Read the full piece here.
Make Reasoning Skills Compulsory in Schools
Posted on 2011/01/18 in General, tagged as
Icon are proud to support this campaign to help British schoolchildren increase their academic and life potential by introducing practice in reasoning at an early age. The campaign, run by Philosophers Football, is attempting to change government policy and get Philosophy lessons into primary school classrooms. There’s much more about it – and a petition to sign – here!
