Looking For Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa (Granta Books)
Meander: East to West Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal (Chatto & Windus, Random House)
Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie (Sort of Books)
The Golden Door: Letters to America by A.A. Gill (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert MacFarlane (Hamish Hamilton)
The Robber of Memories: A River Journey Through Colombia by Michael Jacobs (Granta Books)
Chairman of the judging panel Barnaby Rogerson said "Judging was very animated. The entire panel are deeply committed to travel writing, so strong opinions were expressed on everything. The judges have an enormous collective experience of the world, and its travel writers, but all this prior knowledge is put to one side, so the submitted books have been judged solely on the quality of the text, with no reference to past works, or past deeds. The 2013 Dolman Travel Book of the Year submissions have yielded a very strong field, provoking fierce arguments to get it down to this six. However we all took great pleasure in the process, and most of the panel have already read the short list through their own enthusiasm as readers, so one could already tell this will be a fierce battle to the finish..."
The 2013 judging panel is headed up by leading British travel author and publisher Barnaby Rogerson, and including Sarah Spankie: Deputy Editor, CondeNast Traveller; Mary Novakovich: freelance journalist and travel writer; Peter Hughes: Travel Writer and Amy Sohanpaul: Editor of Traveller Magazine. The winner will be announced on 24th September at an evening reception at Hatchards Piccadilly
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