Richard Adams Carey’s study of the caviar industry scores a narrow victory over How to Dungeon Master ParentingThe Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire has been crowned the winner of the Diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year.The book, by Richard Adams... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-09 14:29:45 UTC ]
In the narrowest win in the award’s history, the 2024 Bookseller’s Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year goes to The Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire, a study of the mysterious and endangered fish, its eggs, and their significance by Richard Adams... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-06 17:29:25 UTC ]
The New York Police Department released new photos that showed the face of the man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of insurance chief Brian Thompson, as the search for his killer entered a second day.Police appealed to the public for help in identifying the suspect, offering $10,000... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-12-05 19:38:36 UTC ]
The Bookseller has selected six books for their 46th annual Diagram Prize shortlist for The Oddest Book Title of the Year, a prize they’ve been awarding since 1978. (According to Sarah Lyall, the prize began “as a way for Bruce Robertson, co-founder of the Diagram Group, an information and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-11-18 19:09:25 UTC ]
It’s that time of year again, dust off your English Literature degrees and…interpret these emojis? Take our quiz to see how your texting skills help you name these 25 books! A little rusty? All the answers are at the bottom! Click here for the first round of guessing the book title and here for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-05-24 11:10:00 UTC ]
A writer hoodwinked the internet into thinking the singer nabbed his book title but he’s not the first author to pull a controversial publicity stuntOn Wednesday, writer Gabriel Smith shared what at first glance seemed to be an email sent by the singer Charli XCX, asking if she could use the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-03-01 18:33:32 UTC ]
‘Kill the Rich’ by Jack Allison and Kate Shapiro is a lacerating satire of America’s gonzo culture—and no one comes out unscathed. A provocative book title doesn’t always telegraph to readers what awaits inside. When it comes to those self-help books that include a naughty little swear on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-09-16 03:00:00 UTC ]
For a decade while I was drafting it, my debut novel The Peach Seed had a different title, Peach Seed Monkey, which referred to a tiny monkey carved from a peach pit that had been a present to me and my sister when we were children. A book title has power to pique interest, crack […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-07-27 09:45:33 UTC ]
Take this quiz to find out if you can choose the real book title after it's been scrambled by Google Translate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-04 10:33:00 UTC ]
Roy Schwartz’s Is Superman Circumcised?, a look at Superman’s Jewish influences, has won U.K.-based Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, beating out The Life Cycle of Russian Things: From Fish Guts to Fabergé for the honor. Is Superman Circumcised? won in a landslide, taking... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-03 18:03:46 UTC ]
The Bookseller has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book of Title of the Year, and for the first time, all six shortlisted titles come from university presses. This December, The Bookseller will announce which title has overtaken last year’s A Dog Pissing at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-11-05 17:53:02 UTC ]
This year’s Diagram prize also pits Curves for the Mathematically Curious against The Life Cycle of Russian Things and Hats: A Very Unnatural HistoryAn examination of the Jewish origins of the Man of Steel, Is Superman Circumcised?, is vying with an up-to-date look at camel milk and related... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-11-05 11:52:23 UTC ]
Gregory Forth’s A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path has won the U.K.-based Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, beating out runner-up Kathryn L. Smithies’s Introducing the Medieval Ass for the honor. No, it’s not autofiction: A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path is an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-01 17:25:35 UTC ]
Anthropological study of metaphor takes 2020 Diagram prize, pulling ahead of Introducing the Medieval Ass in public voteA Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path has beaten Introducing the Medieval Ass to win the Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year.Both books are academic studies, with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-27 00:01:11 UTC ]
Canada triumphs for the first time at for the oddest book title of the year gong. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-26 10:13:28 UTC ]
Six books will vie to win the 42nd Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 18:15:14 UTC ]
Guide by the late Charles L Dobbins, known as the father of modern trapping, sees off polemical defence of traditional dairiesThe Dirt Hole and Its Variations might be a serious guide to hunting and trapping foxes, coyotes, bobcats and raccoons, but the double entendre has helped it land the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-11-29 11:35:58 UTC ]
A re-released classic hunting and trapping guide has snared the 41st edition of The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 11:06:09 UTC ]
Well, this was bound to happen eventually: “ok boomer” has found its way into a book title. Once a meme that momentarily distracted my generation from our murderous rampage against every pillar of American life, including movies, Applebee’s, mayonnaise, home ownership, and sex, the “ok boomer”... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-11-26 18:55:15 UTC ]
Shortlist for this year’s Diagram prize also includes The Dirt Hole and Its Variations, Noah Gets Naked and How to Drink Without DrinkingThe Dirt Hole and Its Variations, Ending the War on Artisan Cheese and Noah Gets Naked are among the 2019 nominees for the Bookseller’s annual prize for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-11-01 00:01:14 UTC ]