14 May 2007

Harry Potter poem competition

Dave Lull sends along one of his links: AbeBooks: Salute Harry With Poetry. Write a poem about Harry Potter and you have the chance to win a bookshelf made out of Harry Potter books.

The bookshelf, commissioned specially by AbeBooks and created by acclaimed American book sculptor Jim Rosenau, is the only one of its kind and is the perfect accessory for your collection of JK Rowling novels. Not even JK owns one of these.

I don't know why this would be an attractive prize to anyone, as I can't come to terms with any project that involves destroying books (read more about the bookshelf-creating process via the link above if you can stand the pain), and  I could not bear to put books on a bookshelf made of shells of books, let alone contemplate the result. But the poems will be nice to read: if you feel like entering, you have until 10 July. 

14 May 2007 20:51:52 | Books

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