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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,...

We are very pleased to announce that the second volume in the Dorset Coast Fossil Collecting series by Steve Snowball and Craig Chivers, with prehistoric life and scene reconstructions by Andreas Kurpisz, is now available for preorder at 15% discount. A Guide to Fossil Collecting on the South Dorset CoastSiri Scientific Press (due 1 Feb, 2020) 978-0-9957496-8-9 RRP £18.99224 pp, 240 x 165 mm, soft cover, 300 colour photographs & illustrations IN PREP for FEB 2020 - Available to pre-order now at 15% discount (click cover below to go to the product page and pre-order and advance copy now) From...

Snap up a copy of our highly acclaimed Trilobites of the World: An atlas of 1000 photographs for just £11.25 (plus p+p) [a saving of £33.75] in our one-off Stock Clearance in order to make way for a new title coming in soon. This offer is limited to the first 100 copies sold and does not require any codes. Just click the cover below to go to the product page (where you can see more info and place an order) and if the title is still advertised at £11.25 then the offer is still available. This would make a great...

K. Chris Gass, the lead author of our recent title: Fossils of the Milwaukee Formation: A Diverse Middle Devonian Biota from Wisconsin, USA by Kenneth C. Gass, Joanne Kluessendorf, Donald G. Mikulic & Carlton E. Brett, recently gave a talk about his book at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum for a meeting of the Madison Geology Club. Those who were unable to attend can see the talk by clicking the photo below and you can see more about the book by clicking the cover image which follows.  

We are very pleased to announce that we will shortly be publishing the second edition of the highly acclaimed True Bugs of the World. The first edition, often referred to as 'The Red Book', published in 1995 by Cornell University Press and authored by Randall T. Schuh & James Alexander Slater ran to 336 pages. The second edition of this monumental reference work, now titled: TRUE BUGS OF THE WORLD (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA): Classification and Natural History (Second Edition) has been prepared by Randall T. Schuh (American Museum of Natural History) & Christiane Weirauch (University of California, Riverside) and runs to a...