The prize this year goes to the quite barmy Bombproof Your Horse, which even in these troubling times would seem to be advocating taking things a bit far... Read more
Diagram Prize
Set up by Bookseller (the UK book trade weekly)in association with Diagram Group; been running since 1978 - joyous celebration of barmy side of publishing

'I have to know where I'm going'
‘When I'm putting together a novel, I leave all the doors and windows open so the characters can come in and just as easily leave. I don't take notes. Once I start writing things down, I feel like I'm nailing the story in place. When I rely on my faulty memory, the pieces are free to move. Read more