There are Lots of excellent books to read on these shortlists announced today. The scary thing is that I am an official judge for the Stanford Dolman list!:
STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR
Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire by Alev Scott
Lights In The Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe by Daniel Trilling
The Rhine: Following Europe’s Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps by Ben Coates
Dancing Bears: True Stories about Longing for the Old Days by Witold Szablowski (translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd Jones)
The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain by Damian Le Bas
The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places by William Atkins
FICTION, WITH A SENSE OF PLACE
Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Ponti by Sharlene Teo
The Madonna of The Mountains by Elise Valmorbida
Woman At Sea by Catherine Poulain
House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
LONELY PLANET ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Secret Surfer by Iain Gately
Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey by Adam Weymouth
Up: My Life’s Journey to the Top of Everest by Ben Fogle and Marina Fogle, Mark Fisher (photographer)
Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East by Levison Wood
Around the World in 80 Days: My World Record Breaking Adventure by Mark Beaumont
Me, My Bike and a Street Dog Called Lucy by Ishbel Holmes
ORDNANCE SURVEY CHILDREN’S TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR
Destination: Planet Earth by Jo Nelson, illustrated by Tom Clohosy Cole
Alastair Humphreys’ Great Adventurers by Alastair Humphreys, illustrated by Kevin Ward
Explorers on Witch Mountain by Alex Bell
Atlas of Adventures: Wonders of the World by Ben Handicott, illustrated by Lucy Letherland
Journeys by Jonathan Litton, illustrated by Leo Hartas, Chris Chalik, Jon David and David Shephard
Maps of the United Kingdom by Rachel Dixon and Livi Gosling
PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands by Huw Lewis-Jones
The Hidden Tracks: Wanderlust – Hiking Adventures Off the Beaten Path by Cam Honan
Wonders: Spectacular Moments in Nature Photography by Rhonda Rubinstein and California Academy of Sciences
Maps of London and Beyond by Adam Dant, foreword by The Gentle Author
Escape by Bike: Adventure Cycling, Bikepacking and Touring Off-Road by Joshua Cunningham
The Golden Atlas: The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps by Simon & Schuster
TRAVEL COOKERY BOOK OF THE YEAR
Pasta, Pane, Vino: Deep Travels Through Italy’s Food Culture by Matt Goulding
Copenhagen Food: Stories, traditions and recipes by Trine Hahnemann, Photography by Columbus Leth
Shetland: Cooking on the Edge of the World by James & Tom Morton, Photography by Andy Sewell
Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes – Through Darkness and Light by Caroline Eden
Nightingales and Roses: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen by Maryam Sinaiee
Khazana: Saliha Mahmood Ahmed (Hodder & Stoughton) by Saliha Mahmood Ahmed
TRAVEL MEMOIR OF THE YEAR
The Crossway by Guy Stagg
Step By Step by Jonathan Litton
Thinking on My Feet: The small joy of putting one foot in front of another by Kate Humble
In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Skybound: A Journey In Flight by Rebecca Loncraine
More details on this link: http://www.stanfords.co.uk/edward-stanford-travel-writing-awards
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