The second wave of Nibbies – aka the British Book Awards – have been announced, this for the book trade and publishing industry. Publishing News has the full list and it makes me wonder – why is there no similar award list given out in the US for Best Literary Agent, Best Publisher, Best Editor and the like?
Meanwhile, the oddest literary prize of the year has also been awarded, and the Times reveals the Diagram Prize winner: Julian Montague‘s THE STRAY SHOPPING CARTS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA: A GUILD TO FIELD IDENTIFICATION. The book took Montague, a New York-based artist, six years to complete. “The content is utterly irrelevant,” Joel Rickett, deputy editor of The Bookseller, said. I’m not so sure, having witnessed an accident or two involving stray shopping carts – wouldn’t you like to know how they are classified?! Well? Well???