All the Fun of the Fair – by Jennifer Briancourt

The London Book Fair is overwhelming and vast, heaving with vibrant stands and populated by like-minded book-lovers, writers, agents and publishers. On arrival, I immediately head for one of the seminars I am planning to attend; my intended schedule is optimistically (and unrealistically) crammed. After half an hour of anxious ambling, I wisely acquire directions [...]

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Exploring England’s Other Cathedrals – A feature by Paul Jeffery

In turning what began as a fascinating idea into the reality of a book I have visited or revisited almost all of the ‘other cathedrals’. Some seemed like old friends; others were new to me. Most rewarding in architectural and artistic terms have been those medieval churches fully of cathedral size and splendour and still [...]

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The History Press’ Titanic offering showcased on BBC Radio 2

Click below to listen to a piece on BBC Radio 2 yesterday discussing all our activities surrounding the 100th Anniversary of Titanic’s sinking. As part of Steve Wright in the Afternoon, Olly Mann and Helen Zaltzman discussed @TitanicRealTime, our new iPad App Titanic: Her Journey and our 26 Titanic books. Fast forward to 5:20 to [...]

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The Titanic App

The History Press is delighted to announce that in February of 2012, it will be releasing its first app to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Working with developers, Firsty Group, The History Press is mining its extensive backlist of Titanic content and images, and liaising closely with its expert authors, [...]

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Edinburgh Book of Days at No.2 in the Scottish Book Chart

Below you can see a photo of The Edinburgh Book of Days sitting at No.2 in the Scottish Book Charts. The photo was taken by author Michael Turnbull in W H Smiths Edinburgh. With a quirky, eccentric event or historical fact for every day of the year The Edinburgh Book of Days features hundreds of [...]

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THP Ireland to publish President Mary McAleese: Building Bridges

On the 28th October 2011 The History Press Ireland will be publishing the key speeches of the outgoing President of Ireland, in a book entitled President Mary McAleese: Building Bridges. This book will be published in royal-format hardback, and will contain a foreword by the Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney. The official release will be the day after [...]

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Book Awards: Voices of the Lake District

On the 6th of July at The Lakeland Book of the Year Awards ‘Voices of the Lake District’ by Jane Renouf and Rob David won The Bill Rollinson Prize for Landscape and Tradition! “Voices of the Lake District looks at the life and times of Cumbrian communities in the words of those who inhabited its [...]

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The Appointment of Tim Davies as Sales and Marketing Director

The History Press is delighted to announce the appointment of Tim Davies as Sales & Marketing Director, reporting to Stuart Biles, CEO. Davies has extensive experience throughout publishing and the wider book trade, having previously held general management and senior commercial positions at HarperCollins, Faber & Faber, OUP, AMS and AuthorHouse. Davies comments: “This is [...]

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