Shortlisted!

Thrilled to announce that A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth has been shortlisted for this year's Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize. Here is a complete list of the shortlisted titles:

The winner will be announced in November.

Paperback spotted in the wild

Here just in is the first picture of the paperback of A (Very) Short History spotted in the wild, by the Fox family on holiday in St Ives, Cornwall:

The Dinosaur Top Five

Tristan Hughes and I had such fun talking about the origin and early evolution of life on The Ancients - a podcast from HistoryHit -- that he invited be back to chat about our favourite dinosaurs (you can listen here). 

Interview with Response Source Media

 Here is an interview with Response Source Media in their series Journalist As Author.

Picador Edition Now In Paperback

The wait is over - the Picador edition is now available in paperback (as well as kindle, audiobook and hardback)- find out more here.

Revealed - Cover of Indonesian Edition

Here's the cover for the Indonesian language edition of A (Very) Short &c &c. It'll be published by Baca and available for pre-order.

Three More Translation Sales

Thrilled to announce three more translation sales. Rights to translate A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth have been sold to Lingea for editions in Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian. That brings the total -- so far -- to nineteen. For full details of all translations, available and projected, please click here. If you are a publisher keen to take on a translation, please contact Mairead Loftus at PanMacRights.