1kidzdoc
The shortlist for this year's Diagram Prize, a UK literary award for the oddest book title of the year, was announced yesterday:
A Century of Sand Dredging in the Bristol Channel: Volume Two by Peter Gosson (wasn't one volume enough?)
Cooking with Poo by Saiyuud Diwong ("Poo" is the nickname of the author, not, um...)
Estonian Sock Patterns All Around the World by Aino Praakli (clearly one for the wish list)
The Great Singapore Penis Panic: And the Future of American Mass Hysteria by Scott D Mendelson (I dare anyone to read this on the subway)
Mr Andoh's Pennine Diary: Memoirs of a Japanese Chicken Sexer in 1935 Hebden Bridge by Stephen Curry and Takayoshi Andoh (some memories are not meant to be shared with others)
A Taxonomy of Office Chairs by Jonathan Olivares (would someone please get this man a wife?)
The Mushroom in Christian Art by John A Rush (a valuable addition to the growing body of work on the role of hallucinogenic mushrooms in the development of Christianity; another one for the wish list)
The winner will be announced on March 30.
A Century of Sand Dredging in the Bristol Channel: Volume Two by Peter Gosson (wasn't one volume enough?)
Cooking with Poo by Saiyuud Diwong ("Poo" is the nickname of the author, not, um...)
Estonian Sock Patterns All Around the World by Aino Praakli (clearly one for the wish list)
The Great Singapore Penis Panic: And the Future of American Mass Hysteria by Scott D Mendelson (I dare anyone to read this on the subway)
Mr Andoh's Pennine Diary: Memoirs of a Japanese Chicken Sexer in 1935 Hebden Bridge by Stephen Curry and Takayoshi Andoh (some memories are not meant to be shared with others)
A Taxonomy of Office Chairs by Jonathan Olivares (would someone please get this man a wife?)
The Mushroom in Christian Art by John A Rush (a valuable addition to the growing body of work on the role of hallucinogenic mushrooms in the development of Christianity; another one for the wish list)
The winner will be announced on March 30.
2kidzdoc
Cooking with Poo by Saiyuud Diwong (which LT has decided to name Amy's World by Amy Barker; huh?) is the winner of this year's Diagram Prize. The following article in today's Guardian mentions that Poo, the author's nickname, is Thai for "crab".
Cooking with Poo wins oddest book title prize
Cooking with Poo wins oddest book title prize
4kidzdoc
>3 varielle: Ha!
5kidzdoc
More winners of the Diagram Prize:
2012 Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop by Reginald Bakeley
2013 How to Poo on a Date: The Lovers' Guide to Toilet Etiquette by Mats & Enzo
2014 Strangers Have the Best Candy by Margaret Meps Schulte
2015 Too Naked For the Nazis by Alan Stafford
2016 The Commuter Pig Keeper: A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Pigs when Time is your Most Precious Commodity by Michaela Giles
2018 The Joy of Waterboiling by Thomas Götz von Aust
2019 The Dirt Hole and its Variations by Charles L Dobbins
2012 Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop by Reginald Bakeley
2013 How to Poo on a Date: The Lovers' Guide to Toilet Etiquette by Mats & Enzo
2014 Strangers Have the Best Candy by Margaret Meps Schulte
2015 Too Naked For the Nazis by Alan Stafford
2016 The Commuter Pig Keeper: A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Pigs when Time is your Most Precious Commodity by Michaela Giles
2018 The Joy of Waterboiling by Thomas Götz von Aust
2019 The Dirt Hole and its Variations by Charles L Dobbins
