The art of not writing books

Charles Davis writes “Imaginary novels and incredible stories are being collected for posterity in an unconventional UK arts project, the Library of Unwritten Books.

You will not find these titles on bookshelves or bestseller lists – One-Eyed Olaf, The Man Who Was Addicted to Seeing, Poke the Pig and Scrumping in Persia.
These books, along with many others, have not been written – so they are only to be found in the Library of Unwritten Books.

An art project travelling the UK, this library is collecting stories and ideas for books people would like to write – but never have, and probably never will.

Its two librarians – Sam Brown and Caroline Jupp – have collected more than 400 stories over the last two years, and are aiming for a total of 1,000.
More at
The BBC,
See also – the

Library of Unwritten Books“

August 4, 2004 by Uncategorized 3

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3 Responses

  1. April says:
    August 4, 2004 at 6:37 pm

    someone’s been reading Neil Gaiman!
    Any Sandman readers here? This is exactly like the library that the Sandman keeps in his realm, the Dreaming. His library of the books that were dreamed of but never written shows up throughout the series, and it’s always worth trying to examine the pictures for any titles you can catch. This library also has one of my favorite fictional librarians, Lucien.

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  2. GregS* says:
    August 4, 2004 at 7:05 pm

    Re:someone’s been reading Neil Gaiman!
    I think Gaiman is British though he now lives in the states. His book Neverwhere was originally a BBC production. I’m guessing he has a decent fan base there so maybe they were indirectly inspired by him?

    I own Sandman #1 but I can’t really say I’m a fan. Death as a cute gothic teen girl is an interesting twist though.

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  3. April says:
    August 4, 2004 at 7:53 pm

    Re:someone’s been reading Neil Gaiman!
    The first graphic novel is actually by far the worst in the series, so you may want to read a different one if the subject matter appeals to you at all. The fourth one, Season of Mists, is considered the best by many. My personal favorite is book seven, Brief Lives, but that one doesn’t make much sense without some back story. Overall I really consider the series to be the best graphic novels ever written (and I’ve read many, many graphic novels and comics).

    Oh, and Gaiman is indeed British by birth and now lives in the U.S.

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