is an annual gathering of the biggest names in adventure and environmental writing and filmmaking. This year, climb with Conrad Anker, sip coffee and chat with Fred Beckey, attend a session on pitching National Geographic magazine, and learn how to pack from Gerlinde Keltenbrunner鈥攁ll in between book sessions that include whisky tastings.
The 2012 includes 18 finalists in four major categories: adventure travel, mountain and wilderness literature, guidebooks, and mountain image. Roughly 50 readers whittled the entries down over the summer to their favorite books. On November 1, the festival will announce the $1,000 winner in each category and the $2,000 grand prize for the best book of the year.
If you have time on your hands and a little money to burn, the festival takes place in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, from October 27 to November 4. You can pick up copies of the books at the festival and maybe track down a few of the authors. Just in case your schedule doesn't allow for such a jaunt, we've included a list of the finalists below, with links to their books on Amazon. And here's a link to too, just in case you want to read like they do in Banff.
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Phil Harwood, Troubador Publishing (U.K., 2012)
Kate Rawles, Two Ravens Press (U.K., 2012)
Richard Grant, Free Press/Simon & Schuster (USA, 2011)
Joe Glickman, Falcon Guides/Globe Pequot Press (USA, 2012)
Robert MacFarlane, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books (U.K., 2012)
Mountain & Wilderness Literature
Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan, W.W. Norton & Company (USA, 2012)
Philip Connors, HarperCollins Publishers (USA 2011)
Gordon Stainforth, Golden Arrow Books (U.K., 2012)
Michael Gill, Craig Potton Publishing (New Zealand, 2011)
Wade Davis, Alfred A. Knopf (Canada, 2011)
Guidebooks
Chris Perry, Cimatech Press (Canada, 2012)
Niall Grimes, Ape Index (U.K., 2012)
Fred Beckey, Patagonia Books (USA, 2012)
Marc Bourdon, Quickdraw Publications (Canada, 2012)
Mountain Image
Huw Lewis-Jones, Conway/Polarworld (U.K., 2011)
Phil Borges, Rizzoli (USA, 2012)
Florian Schulz, The Mountaineers Books (USA, 2011)
Simon Carter, Onsight Photography & Publishing (Australia, 2011)
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