Icon Books
@iconbooks
Publisher of intelligent, popular non-fiction books.
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It's less than a month until The History Lessons by Shalina Patel is out in the world.
Reclaim your history education by looking beyond the usual narratives in this hugely entertaining debut.
Preorder: bit.ly/TheHistoryLess…
Tune in tomorrow to hear both James Riley and Caroline Magennis on Late Night Jo, with the lovely Joanne Good.
From 10:30pm onwards BBC Sounds!
We are pleased to invite you to the public launch of The Beacon Bike by Edward Peppitt!
Get your tickets for a lovely evening: bit.ly/3UfyzEI
HORROR OF THE SELF: Thanks very much indeed to bookanista.com for featuring my essay based on #WellBeings looking at wellness, the 70s and cinema! bookanista.com/the-horror-of-…. Icon Books, Girton College, CRASSH, Cambridge, Faculty of English, We Are the Mutants, The Long Seventies Podcast.
James Riley, author of #WellBeings Icon Books, examines how the films of David Cronenberg blur the boundaries between the physical exterior and the psychic interior. #OnFilm #wellness #1970s #Cronenberg bookanista.com/the-horror-of-…
Delighted that #TheBoxWithTheSunflowerClasp is now out in paperback with its new yellow cover! I'll be doing a talk at Heffers Bookshop in #Cambridge on May 14 at 6pm - tickets from Eventbrite
Visit all of the places that inspired and were lived in by literary hero George Orwell in #TheOrwellTour .
Oliver Lewis offers an accessible and informative new biography through the lens of place!
Out now in paperback: bit.ly/4ctGuWc
1 of 2) EVENT! I'll be speaking at PAUS. (PAUS.Cambridge) on Thursday 18 April, 6-8pm. A wonderful venue! I'll be talking about #WellBeings and signing copies. Come early and explore all that PAUS. has to offer. Tickets: paus.life/event-page. Girton College, Icon Books.
Can you remember the first time you encountered true darkness?
Take a journey into the dark secrets of place, body and mind that fascinate and assail us, with jacqueline yallop and Jon Gower.
Don't miss them at Monty Lit Fest this June: bit.ly/IntoTheDarkWor…
So exciting to see God’s Own Gentlewoman by Prof Diane Watt as one of Amazon’s hot new releases! Out 15th August.
In the brilliant ‘The Year of The Robin’ Jen Offord recounts following Charlton Athletic FC through momentous events for her, the club and the world. On life Goals the Standard Issue producer and co-host takes Theo Delaney through the goals of her life #CAFC
theodelaney.com/life-goals-lin…
If Storm Kathleen doesn't have you asking (did you hear her last night!) then we will: Who's afraid of the dark?
Our latest blog highlights writers Dr Delyth Badder and jacqueline yallop. They'll be coming to shine a light on their work this June. More here 👇
montylitfest.com/?p=6751
Listen to Iwan Rhys Morus discussing electrical pioneer Nikola Tesla and how he was a pioneer of his era:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Delighted to be able to show you the new UK version of Jane Austen, the Secret Radical! Available this July, with a foreword by one of the loveliest of Janeites, Gill Hornby
Design is by anna morrison who also did the stunning UK The Life and Lies of Charles Dickens cover.
I really enjoyed talking to The Long Seventies Podcast! Thanks for having me on this wonderful podcast. As you can see from the re-tweet below they did a great job making a variant cover! Do explore all their other episodes! Icon Books, Girton College, Hart's Books, Donald Winchester