Jo Marchant's Decoding the Heavens has been shortlisted for this year's Royal Society Prize for Science Books. The winner will be announced at a ceremony at the Royal Society on 15 September 2009 and awarded £10,000. For more details see Royal Society Science Books.

Jo Marchant's Decoding the Heavens and Manjit Kumar's Quantum have both been longlisted for this year's Royal Society Prize for Science Books. The shortlist will be announced on Thursday 25 June 2009, and the winner will be announced at a ceremony at the Royal Society on 15 September 2009 and awarded £10,000. For more details see Royal Society Science Books. Quantum has also been shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize.

Manjit Kumar's QUANTUM has been shortlisted for the £20,000 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize. The shortlist of six shows strong bias towards 'scientific discovery and scientific malpractice', according to the Guardian.

Manjit Kumar's QUANTUM has been longlisted for the £20,000 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize. A strong scientific flavour dominates this year's candidates for the UK's most prestigious non-fiction award, with Richard Holmes, Ben Goldacre, Steve Jones, Patricia Fara and Elizabeth Pisani all in contention (among 19 authors in total). See here for more details.

The Science Factory London Book Fair 2009 catalogue is now available as a PDF download here. The fair runs from 20 to 22 April, and the Science Factory will be representing its authors and titles at table 9R in the International Rights Centre. Full details of the co-agents who handle translation rights on behalf of the Science Factory can be found at the back of the catalogue.