Dr Emm Johnstone*, one of the distinguished authors of the exceedingly well-reviewed Art of Medicine, will be appearing this Saturday at the Brighton Science Festival, talking about art and medicine. She’s part of a fascinating looking line up that includes a day of full [...]
Those who would know better than I tell me that there’s nothing like the thrill of seeing your first book in print. And Jolie O’Dell – author, tech guru and blogger extraordinaire – has just had that thrill, and shared it with the world [...]
Over the last ten years the gloriously-named Rondo Hatton awards have established themselves as the most prestigious in the world of Horror. So we’re delighted that Jovanka Vuckovic’s splendid ZOMBIES! An Illustrated History of the Undead has been nominated for Book of the Year! [...]
It was exciting to see the BAFTA awards the other night and to realise that no fewer than three of the winners have given us – which means you – the benefit of their wisdom, in recent months. Dante Ferretti, long-time Scorsese collaborator, won [...]
While collecting reviews of our recent books, intrepidly sifting the seashells of possibility for the treasure of acclaim, we were struck by how, well, glowing the reviews were. It seems almost vulgar and un-British to say so, but we were pretty buzzed to see some [...]
We love the idea of taking amazing pictures with an iPhone. So much so that we published a book about it – the wonderful Art of iPhoneography by Stephanie Calabrese Roberts. And then it turned out that it was the book that the world [...]
We had a feeling that the Art of Medicine, chock full as it is of fascinating images and amazing historical insight, would go down well – and it’s nice to have this hunch confirmed. There have been some excellent reviews, and interesting interview features [...]
Some of the most exciting developments in cameras and smartphones have taken place in the world of Android; the first eight megapixel cameras, amazing screens like the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, and features like face detection and sweep-panorama all appeared [...]
I’m beginning to take slideshow production more seriously, not least because it’s a key part of my next book, which I’m still writing. One of the interesting, tempting, but ultimately risky techniques is injecting movement into still images. The standard technique for this is [...]
In all the excitement about Photographer’s i Magazine for iPad, it’s worth remembering that photo-fans will find other Ilex products in the App store; our Photo Tool for the iPhone, and – perhaps most excitingly for bargain hunters – the Photographer’s Eye book app [...]
Those of you out there who are Sight & Sound readers will have spotted the first two of our amazing FilmCraft titles in the current (February) issue. There’s an opportunity to win them, too, and for one day only we’re going to share the [...]
Happy New Year! It’s busy here (as usual) but here are a few words from our MD, Stephen Paul, on our new digital magazine – and answering the question raised above. Why a Book Publisher Just Announced a Multimedia Magazine App Ilex Press recently [...]
