Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year

The Bookseller magazine has released their shortlist for Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year:

• How Green Were the Nazis?, edited by Franz-Josef Bruggemeier, Mark Cioc and Thomas Zeller (Ohio University Press)
• D. Di Mascio’s Delicious Ice Cream: D. Di Mascio of Coventry: An Ice Cream Company of Repute, with an Interesting and Varied Fleet of Ice Cream Vans by Roger De Boer, Harvey Francis Pitcher, and Alan Wilkinson (Past Masters)
• The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification by Julian Montague (Harry N Abrams)
• Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoon Boxes of Daghestan, by Robert Chenciner by Gabib Ismailov, Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov and Alex Binnie (Bennett & Bloom)
• Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium, edited by Robert J Anderson, Juliet A Brodie, Edvar Onsoyen and Alan T Critchley (Kluwer)
• Better Never To Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence by David Benatar (Clarendon Press)

On-line voting is now open on The Bookseller Web site. The winner will be announced on Friday, April 13, the eve of the London Book Fair.

"The prize, founded in 1978, honours books from the fringes of publishing. The titles are found and submitted by publishers, booksellers and librarians from around the world. Last year's winner was People Who Don’t Know They’re Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It by Gary Leon Hill (Red Wheel)."

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Library Lovers Day

If you prefer not to observe Valentine's Day, here's a great idea from Australia - Library Lovers Day.



"For centuries February 14 has been known as Valentine's Day, a time beloved of romantics. Now a new era has begun with Library Lovers everywhere claiming the day for the objects of their special affection - Australia's libraries.

People are devoted to their library and not just on one day of the year. Millions of library lovers across Australia must be right!

This promotional campaign will be the first combined advocacy event organised by ALIA and Public Libraries Australia. The NSW Public Library Network tested Library Lovers' Day in 2006 and it was met with great success. So now it's time for libraries across Australia to get on board."