Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year Especially considering the prize champions 'odd titles' and "not" 'odd books' (see the Man Booker for the latter)". The winner was originally voted for by a panel of judges, but since 2000 the winner has been voted for by members of the public via the Internet. Bent resisted this move and threatened to resign, but he later reconsidered and now creates the short list of finalists. Also, the title of the book must be in English, although the language in the book can be any language. In September 2008, a book about the Diagram Prize was published by Aurum Press
Dundee International Book Prize winning the 2015 prize with his page turner – "Devil Take The Hindmost" in which he brilliantly evokes the seedier side of interwar London. "Devil Take the Hindmost" was published by Freight Books in June 2016. Jessica Thummel was 2016 winner. "The Cure for Lonely" (originally titled "The Margins") is the coming-of-age story of Sam Gavin, a transman who moves from Kansas to San Francisco in the summer of 1989. It will be published in summer 2017. Dundee International Book Prize The Dundee International Book Prize bills itself as the UK's premier prize for debut novelists. It includes a £5,000