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Well, we must be doing something right here at Siri Scientific Press, as it is a great pleasure to announce that founder, Dr David Penney, was awarded the Marsh Award for Palaeontology 2019 at a formal ceremony held at the Natural History Museum, London on 13 December. David Penney receiving the award from John Bennett The Marsh Awards recognise unsung heroes who have made a major contribution to the promotion of palaeontology, mineralogy or earth sciences. At the event, a short biography of David was read out as follows: "David was born in Manchester in 1968, and like most children,...

If you missed our authors Kenneth (Chris) Gass and Donald Mikulic on Wisconsin Public Radio yesterday (Monday, 13 May) promoting their new book, Fossils of the Milwaukee Formation: A Diverse Middle Devonian Biota from Wisconsin, USA, don't worry as you can listen to a recording of it here: Click to hear the recording They co-authored their book with Joanne Kluessendorf and Carlton Brett. Chris and Don will also give a presentation on 18 May at 3:00 p.m. Central time (USA) at Hart Park in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, after which will be a book signing. If you happen to be in Wisconsin on...

Yesterday, Craig Chapman of UKAFH (UK Amateur Fossil Hunters) was interviewed by Wynne Evans on BBC Radio Wales about how to get started with fossil collecting in the UK, and in Wales in particular. The 10 minute interview starts at around 35 mins 45 secs in and can be heard by clicking here (but is only available for the next 29 days). Craig is a co-author of our new title, due out one week today, but advance copies are available via our website. Click the cover below to find out more and see what people are saying about this great...

If you are interested in the story of how bugs and slugs crawled out of the slime to look for more slime and make more bugs and slugs ... then check out this great video by Kenneth (Chris) Gass, author of our title Solving the Mystery of the First Animals on Land: The Fossils of Blackberry Hill.     The video presentation is based on his recent book (click the cover below to go to the product page where you can see more information about this title or order a copy) ReviewsNewsletter of the Palaeontological Association (2016, number 91, pages...

We are proud to be official sponsors of Queensway ABC (Rochdale) and are pleased to announce this has been covered in the local media. We sponsored the production of the team tracksuits and are very happy with the result! Head coach David Hodkinson worked very hard to achieve the highest standard of production and should be proud of the result. Queensway ABC is part of the Full Contact Performance Centre on Queensway, Castleton, Rochdale and provides an opportunity for the local community, including kids to get involved in an active sport. It is a great opportunity to get them away...