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the book about the words we use for our bodies

Did you know:
• CALLIPYGIAN means “having beautiful buttocks”?

• The word SIDEBURNS comes to us courtesy of U.S. Civil War Gen. Ambrose Burnside?

• Victorian poet Robert Browning used a very rude word but never knew it?

A treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, Carnal Knowledge is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many ways it’s been described.

“presented with deftness and wit” – Lynne Truss
"master etymologist offers a passionate lesson” – Richard Lederer

“entertain your brain…tickle your funny bone” – Erin McKean

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May 26th, 2008 |

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A funny thing happened to me on the way to a writers meeting…

I was packing my bags to attend my first Writers Union of Canada annual meeting when the doorbell rang.

What’s this? A UPS envelope from my publisher.

Actually no, they just forwarded it. It’s from the Publishers Marketing Association. They write:

“Congratulations! Your title, Carnal Knowledge has been named as one of the three finalists in the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards™ competition, in the following category: Reference/Directories.”

I’ll tell you more over the coming days about the great meeting we had in Toronto.