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FORTHCOMING TITLE: FOSSIL COLLECTING IN ENGLAND AND WALES - 15% discount on pre-orders for limited period

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We are very pleased to announce the following forthcoming title due out in January/February 2017: Fossil Collecting in England and Wales by Steve Snowball and Craig Chapman. Click the cover to go to the product page and pre-order your copy now. by Steve Snowball and Craig ChapmanSiri Scientific Press (2017) 978-0-9929979-9-1 RRP £18.00288 pp, 210 x 148 mm, soft cover, 500+ colour photographs & illustrations EXPECTED AVAILABILITY JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 PRE-ORDER NOW FOR LIMITED PERIOD 15% DISCOUNTReviews“This book fills a long-standing void. There is no other book that covers more than 50 UK fossil hunting localities in such detail. ... The...

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Celebrating Britain's most famous dinosaur coming to Rochdale!

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Dippy the famous Diplodocus dinosaur that has been on display at the Natural History Museum, London since 1905 will shortly be on the move and one of the stops will be Rochdale, where Siri Scientific Press is based. David Penney (black t-shirt) with Dippy at the NHM, London (photo by Dean Lomax) Indeed, the founder of Siri Scientific Press, Dr David Penney was contacted by Rochdale Council during the early stages of the bid preparation and asked to provide assistance with his palaeontological expertise, so we are very happy to have been a part of this successful bid and look...

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New museum exhibit and book review: Solving the Mystery of the First Animals on Land - the Fossils of Blackberry Hill

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We are pleased to announce the following excellent review of our book Solving the Mystery of the First Animals on Land - the Fossils of Blackberry Hill by Kenneth (Chris) Gass, just published in the latest edition of Fossil News: Fossil News (Fall 2016: 51, abridged snippets): "...a beautiful, extensively illustrated book on one of the more important Middle Cambrian trace fossil deposits in the United States (the book contains 81 high-quality figures, most of them in colour and published only in this volume). …a great addition to the library of anyone interested in trace fossils, Cambrian life, or the...

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Today is International Fossil Insect Day!

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Today is the first International Fossil Insect Day, as established by Prof. Dany Azar at the International Meeting of the Palaeoentomological Society held in Edinburgh earlier this year (see our previous blog post about this event by clicking here). To mark this event we are offering 20% off our already discounted fossil insect titles using the following codes, which expire at midnight GMT on 3rd October! Fossilinsects1 for Fossil Insects: An introduction to palaeoentomology and Fossilinsects2 for Fossil insects of the Purbeck Limestone of Southern England. Today, insects are the little things that run the world ... and you should...

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The Yorkshire Fossil Festival 2016 this weekend!

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It is that time again ... the Yorkshire Fossil Festival will be witnessing its third incarnation this weekend. Last year we had a wonderful time at this event. It was great fun for all the family and well worth a visit. Remember also that we currently have a 10% discount off the RRP of our title: So you want to be a palaeontologist - practical advice for fossil enthusiasts of all ages by David Penney, but the discount code (Deposits2016) expires on Saturday! Click here to go to the product page. Some photos of last year's festival follow: More information...

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