My book, Crossed Off the Map, came from a tiny independent publisher, Latin America Bureau, so it was a big achievement from that point of view, too.Īnd on a personal level, I’ve been going to Stanfords bookshop all my life. While awards aren’t everything, of course, it was a real joy for me last year to be shortlisted. What does it mean to an author, to be shortlisted for an award like this? And, like all the best travel books, they shifted my view of the world in different ways. Their books took me along the Tigris and the Camino de Santiago, across the Caucasus and the British Isles, and under the skin of places as disparate as Cornwall and Iraq. The finalists cover an incredibly diverse range of topics, places, perspectives and voices, which is wonderful. One of the great pleasures of being on the judging panel is that you get to read so widely. Yes, I think it has been a very good year for travel writing, as illustrated by the books on the shortlist.
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