The 2016 Banff Mountain Book Competition Category Finalists
The 2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival has released the finalists in each category. Below are the finalists in climbing and mountain related categories. For the full list visit here.
Mountain and Wilderness Literature – Non-Fiction
– The Bold and Cold: A History of 25 Classic Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
Gripped editor Brandon Pullan, Rocky Mountain Books Ltd (CAN, 2016)
– The 9th Grade: 150 Years of Free Climbing
David Chambre, Les éditions du Mont-Blanc (FRA, 2015)
– The Bond
Simon McCartney, Vertebrate Publishing (UK, 2016)
– Heart Waters: Sources of the Bow River
Kevin van Tighem, Rocky Mountain Books Ltd (CAN, 2015)
– Rock Queen
Catherine Destivelle, Hayloft Publishing Ltd (UK, 2015)
– Sixty Meters to Anywhere
Brendan Leonard, Mountaineers Books (USA, 2016)
– Wolf Spirit: A Story of Healing, Wolves and Wonder
Gudrun Pflüger, Rocky Mountain Books Ltd (CAN, 2015)
Mountain Fiction & Poetry
– The Broom of God
John Bragg, Backroad Press (USA, 2015)
– Jimmy Bluefeather
Kim Heacox, Alaska Northwest Books (USA, 2015)
– Martin Marten: A Novel
Brian Doyle, Thomas Dunne Books & St. Martin’s Press (USA, 2015)
– No Map Could Show Them
Helen Mort, Penguin Group (UK, 2016)
Mountain Image
– LOFOTEN 9
Claes Grundsten, Nya Vyer (SWE, 2015)
– MAJESTICS
Samuel Bitton, Samuel Bitton Photography (CHE, 2015)
– Yosemite in the Fifties
Dean Fidelman, Patagonia Books (USA, 2015)
Guidebooks
– 1001 Climbing Tips
Andy Kirkpatrick, Vertebrate Publishing (UK, 2016)
– A Comprehensive Guide to Bouldering in Lofoten
Jonas Paulsson, High & Low Publishing (SWE, 2016)
– Vancouver Rock Climbing
Richard Wheater, Quickdraw Publications (CAN, 2016)
Mountaineering Article
– The Black Heart of That Monster
David Roberts, Ascent(USA, May 2016)
– Journey to the Centre
Margo Talbot, Canadian Rockies Annual (CAN, May 2016)
– Notes from the Frontier
Maya Prabhu, Alpinist(USA, May 2016)
– Searching for Superman
Jeff Long, Ascent(USA, May 2016)
– Stealing Toni Egger
Ed Douglas, Rock and Ice Magazine(USA, August 2015)
Mountaineering History
All titles that are shortlisted in the categories above that have a theme of mountaineering history are eligible for this award.
The shortlist of category award winners eligible for the Grand Prize will be announced in mid-October. The Grand Prize will be announced Thurs., Nov. 3, 2016 at The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival and category awards will be presented to winning authors.
Read an interview with Gripped editor Brandon Pullan about his book The Bold and Cold here. Below is a photo of Canadian alpinist Marc-Andre Leclerc with his copy. Leclerc contributed words and photos to the book.
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