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Boardman Tasker Winner
By Jon on 18/11/2004 11:31:07
Special super late news as we reveal the winner of the 2004 Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature just over a month after it was originally announced, but in time for Christmas...
The 2004 Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature has beenwon by Trevor Braham for his book When The Alps Cast TheirSpell.Weactually missed the award announcement in early October by dint ofbeing on holiday, however we thought we'd fill
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Joint Winners For Boardman Tasker
By Jon on 11/10/2005 14:23:45
Andy Cave and Jim Perrin are the joint winners of this year's Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature for a pair of books the judges describled as 'quite outstanding'.
This year's Boardman-Tasker Prize for mountain literature hasjoint winners in the shape of Jim Perrin and Andy Cave for 'TheVillain' and 'Learning to Breathe' respectively. It's the first time since 1991 that the prize has had two winnersand
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Kirkpatrick Lands 2008 Boardman Tasker
By Jon on 25/11/2008 13:40:38
Debut book Psychovertical is the winner of this year's Boardman Tasker.
The winner of this year's BoardmanTasker Award for mountain literature was announced at theweekend's Kendal Mountain Festival with the top honours going to AndyKirkpatrick's excellent first book, Psychovertical.We've just reviewed the book
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Jamie Andrew On Boardman Tasker Shortlist
By Jon on 23/09/2004 10:25:47
The shortlist for the 2004 Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature includes Life and Limb as well as that rarity, a book about fell running plus more mountain history tomes...
The shortlist for the 2004 Boardman Tasker Prize for mountainliterature is out and includes Life and Limb, the book by Edinburghclimber Jamie Andrew who lost all his limbs in a horrific winteraccident in the alps.Andrew'sbook is a remarkably upbeat
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Boardman Tasker Shortlist Announced
By Jon on 09/09/2010 12:34:41
Mountain book prize contenders include Unjustifiable Risk and Ron Fawcett, Rock Athlete
The shortlist for the 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature has been released and includes Unjustifiable Risk by Simon Thompson and Ron Fawcett, Rock Athlete by Ron Fawcett and Ed Douglas.Published by Cicerone, Unjustifiable Risk
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House Lands Boardman Tasker Award
By Jon on 23/11/2009 12:33:19
Mountaineer's autobiography wins 2009 prize for mountain literature.
The winner of the 2009Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature is Beyond The Mountain by Steve House,which was chosen from a shortlist of six mountain books in Kendal lastFriday.Theprize commemorates the lives of climbers Peter Boardman and Joe
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Fawcett Book Lands Boardman Tasker Prize
By Jon on 22/11/2010 00:40:01
Story of seminal 1970s rock star lands coveted prize for mountain literature.
'Ron Fawcett, Rock Athlete', the autobiography of the famed Yorkshire climber written by Ron and outdoors journalist Ed Douglas, is the winner of the 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature, it was announced at the Kendal Mountain
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Boardman Tasker Shortlist
By Jon on 15/09/2000 17:19:00
This year's shortlist for the prestigious mountain literature award is out
The shortlist for the annual Boardman Tasker Award for mountainliterature is out. The final judging will take place on November 10giving the judges around eight weeks to plough their way through aselection of books.Included on the shortlist
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Mallory Biography Wins Boardman Tasker
By Jon on 23/11/2000 13:46:00
'The Wildest Dream' takes prestigious mountain literature award
The Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature has been won byPeter and Leni Gillman for their biography of George Mallory, 'TheWildest Dream'.Potted version: upper class English chap, survives trenches ofWWI, dreams of climbing Everest, in 1924
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Psychovertical - Review
By Jon on 25/11/2008 12:34:13
We review Andy Kirkpatrick's outstanding 2008 Boardman Tasker Award winner.
Psychovertical - byAndy Kirkpatrick. Price- £18.99 www.psychovertical.com / www.andykirkpatrick.com What is it? Winnerof the 2008 Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature, AndyKirkpatrick's book is a brilliant
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