Reading a recent post on OUPBlog got me thinking (yes, I know…)
Ammon Shea recently spent a year of his life reading the OED from start to finish. Over the next few months he will be posting weekly blogs about the insights, gems, and thoughts on language that came from this experience. His book, Reading the OED, has been published by Perigee, so go check it out in your local bookstore.
There is a particular strand in publishing (and for that matter, TV) relating to the unusual or quirky challenge tied in with a book deal/TV show relating the ‘journey’ – from Michael Palin’s Around the World in Eighty Days to Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack or Charlie Connelly’s Attention all shipping.
Now I realise that I am unlikely to get a book deal to track the trials and tribulations of a year in higher education quality management or a year spent servicing committees, so I’m procrastinating from this morning’s ’stuff to do’ by thinking about what my challenge would be? What would be the quirk/USP? What would be the ultimate coffee, book, film, travel or shoe challenge?
