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Boardman-Tasker 2012 Short List Announced

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Boardman Tasker Award The short list for the prestigious Boardman Tasker prize for mountain literature has been announced for 2012 and is as follows:

  • Jim Curran
    here, there and everywhere...
  • Wade Davis
    INTO THE SILENCE
  • Andy Kirkpatrick
    COLD WARS - Climbing the fine line between risk and reality
  • Richard Sale
    THE CHALLENGE OF K2
  • Gordon Stainforth
    FIVA An Adventure That Went Wrong
  • Simon Yates
    THE WILD WITHIN

Two of the candidates are regular UKC contributors. Both Andy Kirkpatrick and Gordon Stainforth have contributed several reviews and excellent articles to the site and we wish them both the best of luck!

Andy actually reviewed Gordon's book FIVA for us on UKC: Fiva Review and we have a review of Andy's book here: Cold Wars Review.

Gordon commented to UKC: "I am thrilled to be shortlisted, but meanwhile I'm trying to put it out of my mind - which is a lot easier said than done!"

Andy commented to UKC: "The only book I've read on the BT list is Fiva, and although it may be a 'dark horse' my gut instinct is that people like Wade Davis always win these things, as they're 'serious' writers."

Two of the books are published by Sheffield's Vertebrate Publishing (Cold Wars and The Wild Within).

Vertebrate's Publishing Manager John Coefield commented on their website: "we're delighted for Andy and Simon that their books have been recognised by the award's judges. It further reinforces our commitment to continue the longstanding British tradition of publishing high quality mountaineering literature.".

The winner will be announced on Friday 16 November during the Kendal Mountain Festival.

For more information on the prize visit the Boardman Tasker Website.


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13 Sep, 2012
Great to see Fiva has made the list, a truly fantastic book!
13 Sep, 2012
Surprised that Johnny's book isn't on the shortlist. A shame.
13 Sep, 2012
Yeah I agree Tom - great book that reflects Johnnys personality. A true autobiography.
13 Sep, 2012
Haven't read it yet, but the review by Douglas on UKC noted errors in it and a somewhat convoluted structure - suggesting these were the result of his choice to self-publish rather than work with an editor. I wonder if the jury take into account these more 'technical' issues? It's an interesting question as to whether there being typos and spelling errors in a book makes it necessarily a bad (or at least, less good) book?
13 Sep, 2012
I think this is where multiple levels of editing comes into it. If the errors are of a proofreading nature, e.g. typos, spelling errors, then that can be overlooked by many people, but if the editing required is more structural then it's more problematic.
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