Diagram Prize

[dieseltaylor]

The full shortlist and their share of the vote:

1) Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop by Reginald Bakeley (Conari Press) 38%

2) How Tea Cosies Changed the World by Loani Prior (Murdoch Books) 31%

3) God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the ***** by Tom Hickman (Square

Peg) 14%

4) How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees (Melville House) 13%

5) Was Hitler Ill? by Hans-Joachim Neumann and Henrik Eberle (Polity Press)

3%

6) Lofts of North America: Pigeon Lofts by Jerry Gagne (Foy's Pet Supplies)

1%

And you can read more here:

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/goblinproofing-ones-chicken-coop-wins-diagram-prize.html

[Michael Emrys]

I admit to being mildly distraught that God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the ***** didn't get a larger share of the vote. It seems to be an indelible characteristic of these kinds of contests that the best entry rarely gets chosen.

Michael