The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival “celebrates mountain literature and film, bringing together filmmakers, writers, publishers, editors, photographers, athletes, adventurers, and – of course – readers.” This internationally recognized competition highlights some of the world’s best mountain literature.
The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival took place over 9 days from October 27 to November 4, 2018. During the course of the event, “Over $16,000 in cash is awarded annually with 8 awards selected by an international jury of writers, adventurers and editors.”
The winners of the following awards are definitely books that you should read. Let’s take a look at the winners below…
The Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition is The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti!
2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition Category Award Winners:
Adventure Travel
$2000 – Sponsored by Fjällräven
Lands of Lost Borders: Out Of Bounds On The Silk Road – Kate Harris
Penguin Random House Canada (Canada, 2018)
Mountain Fiction & Poetry
$2000 – Sponsored by Grimms Fine Food
The Eight Mountains – Paolo Cognetti
Penguin Random House – Vintage (UK, 2018)
Mountain Literature (Non Fiction) The Jon Whyte Award
$2000 – Sponsored by The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Tides: a climber’s voyage – Nick Bullock
Vertebrate Publishing (UK, 2018)
Mountain Environment and Natural History
$2000 – Sponsored by Town Of Banff
American Wolf: A True Story Of Survival And Obsession In The West – Nate Blakeslee
Penguin Random House Canada (Canada, 2017)
Mountain Image
$2000 – Sponsored by Lake O’Hara Lodge
The Canadian Rockies: Rediscovered – Paul Zizka
Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2017)
Guidebook
$2000 – Sponsored by the Association Of Canadian Mountain Guides
Squamish Rockclimbs – Kevin McLane & Andrew Boyd
High Col Press (Canada, 2018)
Mountaineering Article
$2000 – Sponsored by the University of Alberta and the Alpine Club of Canada
Contraindications – Alison Criscitiello
Alpinist Magazine (USA, August 2017)
Mountaineering History
$2000 – Sponsored by Rab
Honoring High Places: The Mountain Life Of Junko Tabei – Junko Tabei & Helen Rolfe
Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2017)
Special Jury Mentions
Bert Riggall’s Greater Waterton: A Conservation Legacy – Beth Russell-Towe
Fifth House Publishers (Canada, 2018)
Atlas Of A Lost World – Craig Childs
Pantheon Books (USA, 2018)
If you’re searching for a good book to read, the 2018 Banff Book Festival winners are all great choices. If you order the books through the Amazon.com links on this page, you’ll help to support Mountain Journey – and we’d really appreciate that!. Thanks!
Learn more about the Banff Mountain Book And Film Festival In The 2018 Trailer:
See Also:
- Discover All Banff Mountain Book Grand Prize Winners 1994-Present
- 2017 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Award Winners
- 2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Award Winners
- 2015 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Award Winners
