Penguin publishing

A wise woman (my mother) asked me what was up with the vintage-looking Penguin cover that read “Go Away I’m Reading” in my last post. I always do as my mother tells me (right mom?…

I want this little Penguin!

Penguin and Random House Make Their Mark as Partners with New Logo -- Publishing is based on the art of words and the emphasis was recently on the “art” as two powerhouse publishers merged and tried to paint their literary logos into a single picture of partnership. The publishing world watched and waited to see how these long-running logos would be banded and blended together. After months of online speculation, the answer was just revealed in a refined... #Logos #Design #Branding

Publisher says job applicants will no longer have to be graduates, as it seeks a more diverse range of staff.

Ever evolving and always beautifully designed My love of books goes way back. I would happily hide away in The Exchange Bookshop in Dalkey for hours at a time. It was amazing how far my pocket money would go on second hand books in the 70’s! Most evenings the owner Michael would have to extract […]

Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, two of the biggest book publishing entities, will now operate under one corporate roof.

Friends, I have some fabulous news that I have been absolutely bursting to share with you: I HAVE A PUBLISHING DEAL!!! Yup, this is not a drill. My contemporary YA novel, NEVERLAND, has been picked…

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) is the central text of modern philosophy. It brings together the two opposing schools of philosophy: rationalism, which grounds all our knowledge in reason, and empiricism, which traces all our knowledge to experience. The Critique is a profound and challenging investigation into the nature of human reason, establishing its truth and its falsities, its illusions and its reality. Reason, argues Kant, is the seat of all concepts, including God, freedom and…