The FIFA World Cup™ starts in Brazil on 12 June and will keep a lot of folks very (pre)occupied for the following month; at Three Percent they're getting in the competitive spirit by launching a World Cup of Literature (no "™" yet ??!?) -- "pitting all of the World Cup qualifying countries against one another in a battle for world literature supremacy" in a "32-book knock-out tournament".
They're still in the process of selecting books (and judges); they're hoping to get: "books published from 2000 onwards". (Ideally, I imagine, they'd get football- (soccer-)themed books from each country, but that seems like a bit much to ask.)
Sounds like fun -- though of course a lot depends on the books that are selected to represent their nations. Of course, choosing what players to field for the national side is always tough .....
They're still in the process of selecting books (and judges); they're hoping to get: "books published from 2000 onwards". (Ideally, I imagine, they'd get football- (soccer-)themed books from each country, but that seems like a bit much to ask.)
Sounds like fun -- though of course a lot depends on the books that are selected to represent their nations. Of course, choosing what players to field for the national side is always tough .....