Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year
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The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title[1] and commonly known as the Diagram Prize, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to a book with an unusual title. The prize is named after the Diagram Group, an information and graphics company based in London,[2] and The Bookseller, a British trade magazine for the publishing industry.[3][4] Originally organised to provide entertainment during the 1978 Frankfurt Book Fair,[2] the prize has since been awarded every year by The Bookseller and is now organised by the magazine's diarist Horace Bent.[3][4] The winner was initially decided by a panel of judges, but since 2000 the winner has been decided by a public vote on The Bookseller's website.[5]
Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year | |
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Awarded for | Oddest book title |
Country | United Kingdom |
First awarded | 1978 |
Currently held by | Danger Sound Klaxon! The Horn That Changed History by Matthew F Jordan (2023) |
Website | The Diagram Prize |
Controversy has arisen since the creation of the awards: there have been two occasions when no award was given because no titles were judged to be odd enough;[5] Bent has complained about some of the winners chosen by the public;[6][7] and the 2008 winner, The 2009–2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais, proved controversial because rather than being written by its listed author, Philip M. Parker, it was instead written by a machine of Parker's invention.[8] The most recent winner, in December 2023, was Danger Sound Klaxon! The Horn That Changed History by Matthew F Jordan.[9]