Writers Magazine 2009

The 2008 Diagram Prize for the Oddest Title of the Year

Here's the shortlist for the 2008 Diagram Prize.  It looks like it's going to be another strong year.

My favourite competition of the year is run by columnist Horace Bent in the Bookseller (the UK book trade weekly) with input from dedicated odd title hunters from all over the world. He reckons that this year’s entries are so strong that it has proved more difficult to compile a shortlist than any year he can remember. The prize, set up in association with the Diagram Group, has been running since 1978 and is a joyous celebration of the barmy side of publishing.

So here's the shortlist:

Baboon Metaphysics  by Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth (University of Chicago Press)

Curbside Consultation of the Colon by Brooks D Cash (Slack Incorporated)

The Large Sieve and its Application by Emmanual Kowalski (Cambridge University Press)

Strip and Knit with Style by Mark Hordysznski (C & T)

Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring by Lietai Yang (Woodfield)

The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-miligram Containers of Fromage Frais by Professor Philip M Parker (Icon Group International)

So, will it be Baboon Metaphysics, Strip and Knit with Style or The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-miligram Containers of Fromage Frais (my own favourites)? The answer will be revealed soon.

The Bookseller's announcement.

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