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Papadakis Publisher attended the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) gala in New York where Wild Africa by Alex Bernasconi was awarded the Gold medal in the category ‘Photography” and Butterflies: Messages from Psyche by Philip Howse won the Bronze medal in the category ‘Environment/Ecology/Nature’.

The IPPY awards were launched in 1996 and to this day over 2,500 IPPYs have been awarded to authors and publishers. The IPPYs recognize 12 Outstanding Books each year and award gold, silver and bronze medals in 69 categories to honour each year’s best independently published titles. The jury recognizes and rewards publications that show courage, innovation and creativity to induce change in the world of publishing.

Alexandra Papadakis presents the winning books

The ceremony of the IPPY awards took place on the eve of BookExpo America, the largest book fair in North America that offers the biggest selection of English language titles in the world. It was held from 24 to 26 May 2011 at the Javits Center in New York.

To order your own award-winning copies of Wild Africa and Butterflies: Messages from Psyche, please visit the Papadakis online shop. If you would like to know more about the IPPYs or BookExpo America, you can enter their official websites by clicking on the links.

We are delighted to announce that Alex Bernasconi’s book Wild Africa has been awarded a gold medal in the ‘Photography’ category at this year’s Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) and that Philip Howse’s Butterflies: Messages from Psyche has won the bronze medal in the category ‘Environment/Ecology/Nature’.

In the IPPYs 15th Anniversary year, entries by 2,000 independent authors and publishers were judged, making this award the world’s largest book awards contest. The 15th Annual IPPY Awards will be presented on May 23rd at the start of the BookExpo America in New York, where the winners will be honoured in a gala awards ceremony.

Wild Africa has been described as “a breathtakingly beautiful book” (Conservation Magazine), “sumptuous” (BBC Wildlife Magazine) and “stunning” (Digital Photographer).

Butterflies: Messages from Psyche by Philip Howse has also received glowing reviews. It was praised as “the most visually exciting book of the year” (Simon Barnes in the Times) and a book “which enables you to see the world in a different way” (Michael McCarthy in the Independent).

About the Authors:
Alex Bernasconi is a creative wildlife and landscape photographer with a deep love for nature. He was has previously been awarded first prize in the ‘Blue Planet’ category of the Trierenberg Super Circuit, as well as first and third prize in the ‘Nature’ category of the Prix de la Photographie, Paris, and first prize in the ‘Fine Art’ category.

Prof Philip Howse OBE has been fascinated by butterflies and moths since childhood. During an academic career devoted to the study of insect behaviour, he received awards for his innovative work on the use of pheromones for control of insect pests of agriculture.

To buy your own award-winning copies of Wild Africa and Butterflies: Messages from Psyche, please visit the Papadakis online shop. For more information about the IPPYs, visit the official website.

Other IPPY Award-winners from Papadakis include:

2007: Pollen – The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers and Seeds – Time Capsules of Life – Gold Medal for Outstanding Book of the Year – Most Original Concept

2008: Nomads of the Wind – The Migration of the Monarch Butterfly and Other Wonders of the Butterfly World – Bronze Medal in the category ‘Environment/Ecology/Nature’

2009: Why the Lion Grew Its Mane – A Miscellany of Recent Scientific Discoveries from Astronomy to Zoology – Bronze Medal in the category ‘Science’

2009: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? – Silver Medal in the category ‘Environment/Ecology/Nature’

2010: Why the Cheetah Cheats and Other Mysteries of the Natural World – Silver Medal in the category ‘Animals/Pets’

Papadakis will be setting up our fabulous pink stand at London Book Fair this year (11th-13th April). We’ll be surrounded by books, art prints, catalogues, leaflets, samples, dummies, proofs and most importantly tea and biscuits, so drop by, say hello and come and have a sneak peek at the titles underway for Spring and Autumn. If you just can’t wait, check out our Fair World preview or head over to the Papadakis shop to see more on Fair World and Floral Paintings.

If you are interested in the rights to any of our titles, we would love to hear from you and meet you at the fair. Please contact us.

If you’re looking for the official London Book Fair website, go here: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk

Australian artist Nancy Hall has drawn inspiration from the fascinating images in Seeds: Time Capsules of Life for her latest art workshop. With the book by Rob Kesseler and Wolfgang Stuppy as her source material, Nancy, alongside other artists, recreated the microscopic seed images as 3D sculptures using knitting, felt and clay.

The artists were initially inspired by the hand-crafted nature of the images themselves, which are produced from the scanning electron microscope in black and white, then carefully and painstakingly hand-coloured by artist Rob Kesseler.

The artwork was displayed at “The Crafted Object – Inspired by Nature” exhibition, held in Australia’s Olive Pink Botanical Garden’s gallery in Alice Springs.

To buy a copy of Seeds by Rob Kesseler and Wolfgang Stuppy, please visit the Papadakis online shop.

Seeds of parnassia fimbriata (green), pholistoma auritum (purple) and ariocarpus retusus (yellow) sculpted in clay by Nancy Hall.

A close up of a drosera cistiflora seed made of felt by Nancy Hall.

Seeds of castilleja flava (light yellow), orthocarpus luteus (yellow), scutellaria orientalis (purple) and drosera cistiflora (pink) sculpted in felt and clay by Nancy Hall.

The Papadakis team took a recent trip to Marston Book Services, our UK warehouse based in Abingdon, to look at all our lovely books and see just what happens to them when they are ordered, picked, packed and distributed all over the world. We had an exciting tour of the warehouse interior, where rows upon rows of towering shelves dwarf the people that walk by, and then went on our own mini mission to find our Papadakis titles amongst the vast sea of books.

Just a few of the giant shelves of books that fill Marston's warehouse

Amongst the vast rows of shelving, Alex and Sarah discover the location of Papadakis's books

Two copies of 'Seeds' waiting patiently in the picking and packing bay

Picking and Packing: Papadakis's books move along the conveyor belt as they are collected, placed into different sized boxes and taped up ready to be sent out to our customers

We are pleased to announce that Lewis Smith’s second book Why the Cheetah Cheats has been awarded a silver medal in the ‘Animals’ category at this year’s Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs).

Read on for an exclusive interview with author Philip Howse, and enjoy a sneak preview into his up and coming book.

Love Seeds and Fruit? Then why not visit the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place – a world-class facility located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Female cheetahs are the most unfaithful of the big cats to the point that they will risk their lives for an opportunity to cheat on their partners.