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When you go into a bookshop, how often do you look for the author’s name before you look at the title? How much value do you place on literary prizes, or Richard and Judy stickers? Do writer’s reputations matter? Should they? Can you really judge a book by its author?
The Anonthology is an experimental project to assess the importance placed on name and reputation over quality of writing. Amongst the writers contained within we have Orange and Genius Prize winners, Booker and Pulitzer Prize nominees. We have one author who’s sold over half a million copies, another who’s written over fifty books. But can you tell which is which? And how does it change the reading experience, not knowing if the author is young or old, male or female?
If you consider yourself something of a literary detective, you might like to try to work out who wrote what. If you do, we’d love to hear from you. We’ll even offer prizes to the winner worth over £100.The correct answers will be entered in a prize draw, the winner of which will receive five special editions of some of Fourth Estate’s most well-known titles, published to celebrate Fourth Estate's 25th anniversary. And remember to keep checking back to the website as we reveal who wrote what.
You may be surprised.
Terms and Conditions apply - see the bottom of the page for details....
The Prizes - From a limited edition of 2,000 of each:
The Corrections - by Jonathan Franzen. Cover by Michael Landy
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - by Jean-Dominique Bauby. Cover by Sam Porritt
Half of a Yellow Sun - by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Cover by Hurvin Anderson
The Year of Magical Thinking - by Joan Didion. Cover by Bob Crowley
The Shipping News - by Annie Proulx. Cover by Caragh Thuring
To purchase your copies from Amazon, click on the covers below...
Competition Terms and Conditions
1. This competition is promoted by HarperCollins Publishers (“HarperCollins”), 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8JB.
2. This promotion is open to all UK residents except employees of HarperCollins (or their parent, subsidiaries or any affiliated companies) and their immediate families, who are not allowed to enter the competition
3. Closing date for entries is midday on 20th October 2009. No entries received after this date will be valid. No purchase necessary. Only one entry allowed per household.
4. The prize is one complete set of the five Fourth Estate 25th Anniversary special edition books.
5. The prize is non-refundable, non-transferable and subject to availability. No warranty is given as to the quality of the prize.
6. No cash or prize alternatives are available.
7. HarperCollins reserve the right in their reasonable discretion to substitute any prize with a prize of equal or greater value.
8. The winner of the competition will be drawn at random from all correct entries by an independent adjudicator and notified by e-mail no later than the 10th November 2009. Any application containing incorrect, false or unreadable information will be invalid. Any applications made on behalf of or for another person or multiple entries will be excluded from the competition.
9. HarperCollins’ decision as to who has won the competition shall be final.
10. To obtain the name of the prize winner after the closing date, please write to Anonthology, HarperCollinsPublishers, 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 8JB.
11. The entry instructions are part of the Terms and Conditions for this competition.
12. By entering the competition you are agreeing to accept these Terms and Conditions. Any breach of these Terms and Conditions by you will mean that your entry will not be valid, and you will not be eligible to enter this competition.
13. By entering this competition, you are agreeing that if you win your name and image may be used for the purpose of announcing the winner in any related publicity with HarperCollins, without additional payment or permission.
14. Any personal information you give us will be used solely for this competition and will not be disclosed to any other parties. HarperCollins’ privacy policy can be found at: http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/legal/Pages/privacy-policy.aspx
15. Under no circumstances will the HarperCollins be liable for any loss, damages, costs and expenses arising from or in any way connected with any errors, defects, interruptions, malfunctions or delays in the promotion of the prize.
16. HarperCollins exclude all liability, so far as is permitted by law, which may arise in connection with this competition and reserve the right to cancel or alter the competition at any stage.
17. Any dispute relating to the competition shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts
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