This year, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the diagram prize, the magazine is also holding public vote for the diagram of diagramsthe oddest book title ever. The fortieth annual diagram prize for oddest book title of the year has been announced with great revelry and joy of waterboiling, by christina scheffenacker, has taken the prize. Books about cats, excrement and trout are among the contenders for the oddest book title of the year award in britain. Mar 26, 2010 crocheting adventures with hyperbolic planes has beaten collectible spoons of the third reich to the prize of oddest book title of the year. Diagram prize reveals oddest titles of 2014 the bookseller. And the funny book titles of the year are readers digest. A book about working class cats and origin of feces are also.
The lovers guide to toilet etiquette was yesterday named the winner of the diagram. Mar 21, 2014 oddest book prize goes to how to poo on a date. As the shortlist of the diagram prize for oddest book title of the year was unveiled, its organiser said 2014 was one of the strongest vintages in. Parallels in japan, kids under 10 take the subway alone. Culture books news oddest book title of the year 2016. Every year, the bookseller awards the diagram prize for the oddest book title to be published in the previous year. Announcing the winners of the annual goodreads choice awards, the only major book awards decided by readers. Working class cats, south african trout and pies as biography are all some of the topics up for scrutiny as part of the 2014 diagram prize for oddest book title of the year. Academic texts on the human posterior and animal entrails, a tome on famous birdwatchers and a photography book showcasing the beautiful architecture of bus stops in the former soviet union are among the titles nominated for the 38th diagram prize for oddest book title of the year, administered by the bookseller.
The winner of the diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year 2014. A guide to coping with an awkward romantic moment has been awarded a prize for the year s oddest book title. Every year since 1978, the diagram prize has singled out the oddest titles of books published in the preceding 12 months. Working class cats, the origin of feces and how to poo on a date, giving. Time to pick the oddest book title of the year book patrol. Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year 2014 in pictures. Six books have been selected from dozens of nominated titles, with the. The inaugural prize was awarded to proceedings of the second international workshop on nude mice university of tokyo press. Every year, bookseller magazine announces the winner of its diagram prize for oddest book title of the year. Oddest title of the year kansas city public library. The time has come to choose the oddest book title of the year and the rest of the weeks best writing on books and related subjects. Apr 25, 2017 it may not be the nobel, but the oddest book title of the year award does have its own cachet. Daina taimina, according to a guardian report by charlotte higgins. Too naked for the nazis and 25 other oddest book title of.
The prize was originally conceived in 1978 by trevor bounford, cofounder with bruce robertson of publishing solutions firm the diagram group and has been administered every year by the bookseller and horace bent, the magazines diarist. First conceived at the frankfurt book fair in 1978 in order to stave off boredom. How to poo on a date wins odd book title of the year the. A bumper year for the peculiar publishing has a tendency to do things in waves.
Mar 02, 2015 there, my good colleagues at this time of year issue an announcement heavily embargoed, as important press statements everywhere always are. Today sees the release of the shortlist for the diagram prize for oddest book title of the year, surely one of the industrys most coveted accolades. Apparently, books people are capable of producing this sort of strangeness on an annual basis. From the cats of new york to south african trout, the 2014 shortlist for the diagram prize brings together this year s oddest. How to poo on a date wins odd book title prize bbc news. How to avoid huge ships 1992, greek rural postmen and their cancellation. The esteemed diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year is one of the most eagerly anticipated literary events here at as it happens. The diagram prize for oddest book title of the year is. If they intrigue you, check them out many are available through. Six picked for oddest book title shortlist the bookseller. Cats and trout battle for oddest book title of year award.
There were plenty of odd book titles last year, such as estonian sock patterns all over the world and a taxonomy of office chairs. How to poo on a date is officially the years oddest. A shortlist of six titles has been chosen for the diagram prize for oddest book title of the year, including studies of adolf hitlers health, pigeon housing and sharpening pencils. Winner of the oddest book title of the year award has. Theyre silly in concept whos to say what constitutes the best novel. A book titled how to poo on a date has been awarded a prize for the year s oddest book title. A book about a french cheese product has trumped books about monkeys and the colon to capture the oddest book title of the year. The winner of the diagram prize for oddest book title of the year which scours the most random corners of the publishing world for weird, wacky or just plain confusing book titles and then puts a shortlist up for public vote has been announced by the bookseller. Mar 30, 2009 the book the 2009 2014 world outlook for 60milligram containers of fromage frais was awarded the booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year, also known as the diagram prize, a literary award given to the book with the oddest title. The many entries have been whittled down to six finalists, and the public is invited to vote for the one you think should win. Crocheting adventures with hyperbolic planes wins oddest book. Pick your winner for oddest book title of the year.
The 2009 2014 world outlook for 60 milligram containers of fromage frais by. The bookseller magazine and diagram group, a graphics company, have just released their shortlist for the oddest book title of the year award. Divorcing a real witch makes diagrams oddest book title. Study of soft cheese wins oddest book title award wikinews. Margaret meps schultes selfpublished travelogue, including a story about tim, a globetrotting pig. Your manbookers and your pulitzers are fine, but really, there is only one prize that any selfrespecting author or publisher wishes to win. Thursday evening new york time now is up for a public vote, at the booksellers sister consumer site. Previous winners have included living with crazy buttocks, bombproof your horse, cooking with poo, and the inaugural winner back in 1978, proceedings of the second international workshop on nude mice. This years prize, sponsored by the bookseller magazine, goes to.
He has written more than 200,000 yes, 200,000 books to date, but today marked a first for professor philip m parker, who picked up the diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year for his enticing the 20092014 world outlook for 60milligram containers of fromage frais. Then we face off in a monthly best books meeting to champion the titles we think will resonate most with readers. Oddest book title award goes to dentist who learns from. Pigeon lofts by jerry gagne foys pet supplies how to sharpen pencils by david rees melville house. Ive seen a noticeable rise in the number of submissions for spring titles. The winner of this year s diagram prize for the oddest book titles of the year will be announced on friday, 21 march. The booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year, originally known as the. Oddest book title of the year archives porter anderson media. Boredpanda staff ive been told not to judge a book by its cover, but when the cover has a title like reusing old graves, its hard not to. Global parenting habits that havent caught on in the u. The booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year is a humorous literary award that is given annually to the book with the oddest title. The british magazine the bookseller has announced its shortlist for the oddest book title of the year. Such as writing some lighthearted bantz as i believe the children say at a book fair or three and, most importantly, to oversee the diagram prize for oddest book title of the year. Powered by the british publics unstoppable enthusiasm for toilet humour, the enticinglytitled how to poo on a date has carried off this year s diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year.
How to poo on a date won the annual diagram prize, beating other shortlisted titles including. Powered by the british publics love of toilet humour, the diagram prize for strangest title has been awarded. And its been officially named the oddest book title of 2014. Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year 2014 in. Books with a year for a title enter all books where a year or date is essentially the only title. Cultural history of the anus up against soviet bus stops. The prize for the oddest book title of the year was announced in march 20. Its time for the annual diagram prize for oddest book title of the year.
For example, certain conference organizers who shall remain nameless seem to take a reckless delight in scheduling their events much too close to other conferences and trade shows. The time has come to choose the oddest book title of the year. A consideration of cult film by mark kirwanhayhoe, with 20. This year s winner of the oddest book title prize aka the diagram prize has been announced its the splendidly eccentric crocheting adventures with hyperbolic planes, by dr.
In 2008, a book celebrating the prize winners and nominees was released. The wonderful world of book titles publishing perspectives. A guide to coping with toilet etiquette while on a date has been voted the year s oddest book title. Mar 28, 2009 bookseller magazine chose the 20092014 world outlook for 60milligram containers of fromage frais as its oddest book title of the year. Several of the titles were nominees for the diagram prize, a distinction awarded since 1978 by a british magazine for the oddest book title of the year. Every year, the bookseller gives an award for the oddest book title.
Booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year wikipedia. Oddest book title of the year prize announced mobylives. The 2014 prize allowed nominations from selfpublished works, the first book being strangers have the best candy by margaret meps schulte, which won the. How to poo on a date wins odd book title of the year awardwinning book answers the question of our time by jasper hamill 24 mar 2014 at 09. Oddest book prize goes to how to poo on a date books the. As an englishman once said, and now for something completely different. Voting is open for the oddest book title of the year. Bookseller magazine chose the 20092014 world outlook for 60milligram containers of fromage frais as its oddest book title of the year. Ever since bookseller magazine praised the book proceedings of the second international workshop on nude mice in 1978, its diagram prize for oddest title of the year. Cheese book wins over monkey manual for oddest book title. The other contenders for the prize are shown below.
Oddest book title prize goes to treatise on fromage frais. Sep 11, 2015 in 2014, the annual diagram prize for the oddest book title was awarded to how to poo on a date. Booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year. The eyecatching title landed the top spot in the booksellers diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year, in what organisers have described as the closest contest of all time. Where pie meets biography by jo packham, working class cats. The bookseller is delighted to announce the shortlist for the diagram prize for oddest book title of the year 2014. You may or may not be aware of the diagram prize, awarded each year to the book with the oddest title. Six titles have made the shortlist for the diagram prize for oddest book title of the year. The booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year, originally known as the diagram group prize for the oddest title at the frankfurt book fair, commonly known as the diagram prize for short, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to a book with an unusual title. As odd as the title may be, its completely accurate. Greek rural postmen and their cancellation numbers be merged and redirected to booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year the 20092014 world outlook for 60milligram containers of fromage frais be merged and redirected to philip m.
The shortlist for the diagram prize for the year s oddest book title is out and includes pieography. Too naked for the nazis and 25 other oddest book title of the year winners. Diagram prize for oddest title of the year wikipedia, a. The title must begin with a year, and additional text only allowed after a colon. The choice was controversial, since it wasnt written by a human, but instead generated by an automated authoring invention, which produces a title. Mar 21, 2014 a book called how to poo on a date has won the 2014 diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year, an annual distinction awarded by the bookseller, a business magazine that covers the book.
But leave it to the british to celebrate the eccentric. While we were chuckling over that, we realised weve spotted a few odd titles ourselves over the years in books all about writing. A comprehensive guide to keeping pigs when time is your most precious commodity, by michaela giles, edged out runnerup renniks austra. Before thinking that 2014 was really a far more challenging year than youd realized, you may want to know that this is the 37th year of presentations of the diagram prize for oddest book title of the year. Oddest book title of the year award has been revealed 7. The titles that made our lists are the keepers, the ones we couldnt forget. But the winner of the diagram prize for strangest book title of. The 2009 2014 world outlook for 60milligram containers of fromage.
And then there are the awards that spring up in reaction, the ones that hand out citations to mark the ignominy of the worst. By admin february 21, 2014 you may or may not be aware of the diagram prize, awarded each year to the book with the oddest title. Awkward book about dating wins oddest book title award the star. The 20092014 world outlook for 60milligram containers of. The 2014 shortlist for the diagram prize for oddest book title has been announced, featuring working class cats and the origin of. Vote for the oddest book title of the year neatorama. From the cats of new york to south african trout, the 2014 shortlist for the diagram prize brings together this years oddest book titles. Loads of batguano eccentricity diana rajchels divorcing a real witch is up for the oddest book title of the year award. Oddest book title of the year award the world through my. I am sure papa would be interested in knowing how to bombproof your horse, especially if palin ever gets to be president. February 22, 20 oddest book title of the year shortlist announced by dennis johnson. The 2009 2014 world outlook for 60milligram containers of. Jul 31, 2017 always one of my favorite literary awards, the winner of the 39th annual diagram prize for oddest book title of the year has been announced. The winner of the diagram prize for oddest book title of the year which scours the most random corners of the publishing world for weird, wacky or just plain confusing book titles and then.
In october, we collect all our favorites, look at upcoming 2019 titles, and cast our ballots for the best books of the year. Theyve just announced the shortlist and there are some real corkers. How to poo on a date, a book offering advice to couples on toilet etiquette, has won an award for oddest book title of the year. Parker or booksellerdiagram prize for oddest title of the year.
Mar 21, 2014 a selfhelp guide to toilet etiquette, how to poo on a date, wins the diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year. It has nothing to do with content and everything to do with, well, title oddity. Oct 30, 2018 its time for the annual diagram prize for oddest book title of the year. London a heavyweight study of the future of soft cheese won britains annual competition to find the year s oddest book title on friday.