Offline Reference Books
I’m a Winner Because: a Guide to Winning
Consumer Competitions by Brita Bevis. Self-published by the author
through ‘By-Hook-or-By-Crook’ Publications. Packed with information from over 20 years of successful comping
is contained within this book. A good beginner’s guide! Visit her
website here -
www.britabevis.co.uk
Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words & Phrases
by Jennifer Speake (Oxford University Press) -
essential for slogan writing when there is a foreign theme to the
competition.
Bloomsbury Reference Phrases & Sayings by
Nigel Rees. (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC) - useful for adapting well-known phrases
in slogan tiebreakers.
Cassell’s Modern Guide To Synonyms & Related
Words. (Cassell & Co. Ltd) express your tiebreaker words with precision!
Roget’s Thesaurus (Penguin
Books) - want to say the same thing but in a way that better fits your
slogan - this is the book for you!
Brewers Dictionary of Phrases & Fable
(Guild Publishing) Invaluable for adapting phrases into
your winning slogans.
The Cassell Dictionary of Slang (Jonathon
Green) A valuable source of rhyming slang, which can make good tiebreak
material
Top Pocket Dictionary of Rhymes (Longman)
Nice compact pocket-sized rhyming dictionary for spur of the moment
slogan competition entries.
The Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations
compiled by Fred Metcalf (Penguin Books). Wonderful for
writing witty little slogan gems!
Longman Dictionary of English Idioms (Longman Group Ltd.) Lots
of good ideas can be gleaned from idioms for your slogan tiebreakers.
Pears Cyclopaedia (Pelham Books Ltd). - Great reference source,
covering loads of different subjects for competition answers.
The Guinness Book of Answers (Guinness Publishing)
- answers to every subject under the sun, making no competition answer
impossible!
Halliwell’s Television Companion by Leslie
Halliwell (Paladin Books) - all the gen on
television programmes and actors/actresses of the past and present.
The Ultimate TV Guide by Jon E Lewis &
Penny Stempel (Orion Books Ltd) - TV trivia from 1946 to the present.
Chronicle of the 20th Century (Dorling Kindersley).
Dates, facts and all sorts of other useful
information on the last century.
The Hutchinson Encyclopaedia (Helicon Publishing)
Huge book with loads of information for any competition
Philip’s New World Atlas
(George Philip & Son, Ltd) A good atlas is an absolute must for a
comper!
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
(Ebury Press.) The story of an American comping mum way back in the 1950’s/60’s as told by her daughter, makes a
very enjoyable addition to any comper’s bookshelf. Not a comping guide
as such, but whimsical and great fun.
The film of the same name, starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson,
was released in the USA on 30 Sept 2005
www.theprizewinner.com
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