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IET launches STEM Book Club: The IET Bookshelf

Published: Wed 8 Sep 2021

As part of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) mission to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community, it is launching The IET Bookshelf – a virtual STEM book club directing people to compelling and thought-provoking reads.

The IET Bookshelf will launch this month with a new author and book featuring every six weeks. Running as a YouTube series, the IET will be chatting to authors about their books with each episode ending with a live Q&A session with a virtual audience. The IET’s website will also have a dedicated area for the book club, with a list of recommended books and links to the YouTube episodes.  

The first author kicking off the series will be Futurist and Science lover, Brian David Johnson with his book The Future You: Break Through the Fear and Build the Life You Want. Brian has spent most of his life thinking about the future, what’s coming and how to make the future better, and this book gives readers the tools they need to envision and create the future they want.

Authors Femi Fadugba, Libby Jackson, Lewis Dartnell and Henrietta Heald will also be joining the series in the coming months to talk about their books.

IET President, Danielle George said: “We’ve created lots of exciting new initiatives and activities for our 150th anniversary year and this book club is one of them.

“Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are such fascinating subjects and there are a lot of great books around these topics that deserve recognition. Our IET Bookshelf is a great way of bringing people together through their love of reading and STEM!”

The IET is encouraging people to recommend books for the IET Bookshelf and to register online to watch the YouTube series.

To find out more about the IET Bookshelf, please visit: theiet.org/media/campaigns/the-iet-bookshelf/

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Notes to editors

About the IET

  • We inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community to engineer a better world.
  • We are a diverse home for engineering and technology intelligence throughout the world. This breadth and depth means we are uniquely placed to help the sector progress society.
  • We want to build the profile of engineering and technology to change outdated perceptions and tackle the skills gap. This includes encouraging more women to become engineers and growing the number of engineering apprentices.
  • Interview opportunities are available with our spokespeople from a range of engineering and technology disciplines including cyber-security, energy, engineering skills, innovation, manufacturing, technology, transport and diversity in engineering.
  • For more information, visit www.theiet.org
  • Follow the IET on Twitter.

Media enquiries to

Hannah Kellett
External Communications Manager
E: hkellett@theiet.org

Sophie Lockhart
Senior Communications Executive
E: slockhart@theiet.org