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We are looking forward to attending the 7th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh at the end of this month. We will be displaying our palaeoentomology/arachnology titles, and the founder of Siri Scientific Press (David Penney) will be giving a Keynote Lecture on Amber Research in the 21st Century: Trends and Perspectives. Delegates of the same meeting held in South Africa, 2005. Dave Penney of Siri Scientific Press is 7th from left in the front row This topic is explored in depth in the forthcoming book Amber Palaeobiology: research trends and...

We are pleased to announce that our new title So you want to be a PALAEONTOLOGIST? by David Penney is formally released today, which also happens to be the author's birthday ... coincidence? ... maybe not!   The author with a selection of Tenontosaurus bones at the University of Manchester We are very pleased with the feedback on advance copies we sent out. Both parents and children have found this title very interesting and useful, particularly when they have read it together. One young lad took his copy into school to show his teacher ... she immediately asked to borrow...

We are pleased to announce an excellent review of our title: Solving the Mystery of the First Animals on Land - The Fossils of Blackberry Hill by Kenneth (Chris) Gass has just been published in the Newsletter of the Palaeontological Association (2016, number 91, pages 107-108). From the review"To cite the author from his first line of the preface to the book: 'A picture book on Blackberry Hills was inevitable. The place is simply too intriguing to remain buried in scientific journals…' I couldn’t agree more." ... "... an excellent introduction for readers who want to dig deeper into the...

We are pleased to announce the following new title currently in preparation: The Geology and Fossils of the North West Coast of the Isle of Wight by Megan Jacobs, due for release in 2017. About the book:The Isle of Wight is a small island located in the south of England. Its northern part consists of Eocene to Oligocene strata, and its southern part is lower Cretaceous. Its association with dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous strata is famous, earning it the nickname of ‘Dinosaur Island’. This book aims to put the Eocene–Oligocene fossils into the limelight!   The North West coast...

Many of you will be aware that the Tucson Fossil Show in Arizona is one of the largest events in the palaeo calendar. Fossil dealers and collectors come from all over the world to marvel at the incredible wealth of material on display.   A nice Ceraurus trilobite on display at the show (photos by Phillip Isotalo) Although we have not yet made it to the show in person, several of our our titles have done so, courtesy of various different dealers from the UK and the USA. Cindy Howells from National Museum of Wales, with a couple of our...