gor[b] Paul Gorbould: Words and Pictures

17Oct/082

CanLit Redux

There's a very fun photoshopping contest that I noticed on John Gushue's blog the other day, and just couldn't pass up.

The competition, being held by Bookninja, is pretty simple: take a novel and rebrand it with a cover designed to boost sales.

Most of the entries so far lean proudly toward CanLit, so I thought I'd chip in a few entries in that vein. They don't hold a candle to the samples posted thus far on Bookninja, but this stuff sure is fun. Here's what I came up with:

Not Wanted on the Voyage - as a travel book

The Whirlpool - as a DIY book

The Handmaid’s Tale - as a celebrity tell-all

The contest closes on Sunday Oct. 19th.