Lakeland Book of the Year

The Lakeland Book of the Year, also known as the Hunter Davies Lakeland Book of the Year[1] is an award given annually for a book "set in or featuring Cumbria in some way", and is named for the Lake District of north west England. It was founded by writer Hunter Davies in 1984 and is administered by Cumbria Tourism. Davies was one of the judges from 1984 to 2022.[2] In 2023, following Davies's retirement from the role, the judges were Fiona Armstrong, Eric Robson, Michael McGregor, director of Wordsworth Grasmere, and "guest judge" Rachel Laverack from Cumbria County Council.[3] The prizes are traditionally announced at a gala lunch in June, although in 2020 the proceedings took place online because of COVID-19.[4][5]

There are a number of awards for specific categories of books, and an overall winner is selected as the "Book of the Year". From the 2021 competition (for books published in 2020), the categories were:[4]

  • Fiction
  • Guides and Places
  • Illustration and Presentation
  • Landscape and Tradition
  • Literature and Poetry
  • People and Business

In 2023 a new prize for Children's Poem of the Year, sponsored by CGP Books was added, open to Cumbrian schoolchildren between key stages 2 and 5.[3]

Winners
List of winners, sortable by year, author, title, publisher
YearAuthorTitlePublisher & ISBNNotes
1984 joint[6]Automobile Association and Ordnance SurveyAA/OS Guide to the Lake DistrictAA/OS ISBN 978-0861451920
1984 joint[6]Mary E. Burkett & David SlossWilliam Green of Ambleside: Lake District Artist (1760-1823) Abbot Hall Art Gallery ISBN 978-0950333540on William Green
1985[7]Alfred Wainwright with photographs by Derry BrabbsFellwalking with WainwrightMichael Joseph ISBN 978071812428118 favourite walks; new ed published 2006
1986/87 joint[6]Peter ThorntonLakeland from the AirDalesman ISBN 978-0852068502with foreword by Alfred Wainwright
1986/87 joint[6]Trevor HaywoodWalking with a Camera in Herries' LakelandFountain Press ISBN 978-0863430237referring to Hugh Walpole's Herries Chronicles
1988[8]Molly LefebureThe Bondage of Love – A Life of Mrs Samuel Taylor ColeridgeVictor Gollancz ISBN 0-575-03871-3on the poet's wife Sara Fricker
1989[6]Enid WilsonCountry DiaryHodder & Stoughton ISBN 0-340-41522-3Wilson wrote for "Country Diary" in The Guardian for 30 years
1990[7][6]Vivian RussellDream gardens: discovering the gardens of the Lake DistrictCentury ISBN 9780712629126
1991[6]David Clifford (ed)The Diaries of Lady Anne CliffordSutton ISBN 9780750931786editor is a descendant of Lady Anne
1992[6]Alan Hankinson Coleridge Walks the Fells: A Lakeland Journey Retraced Ellenbank ISBN 978-1873551004retracing Coleridge's 1802 9-day walk[9]
1993[6]Iain Peters & Colin ShelbournRocky Rambler's Wild WalkerCicerone ISBN 978-185284347210 Lake District walks for children
1994[10]Grevel LindopA Literary Guide to the Lake DistrictChatto & Windus ISBN 9780701161620a 3rd ed was published in 2015
1995[6]John HeelisThe Tale of Mrs. William HeelisSutton ISBN 978-0750921251author's great-uncle was Beatrix Potter's husband William Heelis[11]
1996[6]June ThistlethwaiteCumbrian Women Remember: Lake District Life in the Early 1900sSutton ISBN 978-1873551127
1997[6]Andrew WilsonA President's Love Affair with the Lake District: Woodrow Wilson's Second HomeLakeland Press Agency ISBN 9780952855002on Woodrow Wilson's visits to the area: his mother was born in Carlisle[12]
1998[6]Mary E. Burkett & Valerie M. RickerbyPercy Kelly: a Cumbrian ArtistSkiddaw ISBN 978-0952835622on Percy Kelly
1999[13]Gil and Pat HitchonSam Bough, RSA: the Rivers in BohemiaBook Guild ISBN 978-1857762303on Carlisle-born Sam Bough RSA
2000[14]A. Harry GriffinThe Coniston Tigers: Seventy Years of Mountain Adventure Sigma Leisure ISBN 9781850587132autobiography
2001[5]John & Eileen MaldenRex Malden's WhitehavenTry Malden ISBN 9780953925704photographs by John Malden's father, vicar of Whitehaven[15]
2002[16]Ian TylerCumbrian MiningBlue Rock ISBN 978-0952302865in 2002 the author ran the Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
2003[17]Cumbria Bird ClubThe Breeding Birds of Cumbria: A Tetrad Atlas 1997-2001Cumbria Bird Club ISBN 978-0954324902Cumbria Bird Club
2004[18] Martin VarleyLakeland life in the 1940s and 1950s : the photographs of Gwen BertelsmanHalsgrove ISBN 978-1841142777Gwen Bertelsman ("Bertlesman" in many sources) died in 1994[19]
2005[20]Jane RenoufThe Lake Artists Society: 1904-2004 - A Centenary CelebrationLake Artists Society ISBN 978-0954678500on the Lake Artists Society
2006[21]Chris Crowder; photographs by Vivian RussellThe Garden at LevensFrances Lincoln ISBN 978-0711224346on Levens Hall
2007[22]Linda LearBeatrix Potter: A Life In NaturePenguin ISBN 978-0141003108on Beatrix Potter
2008[23]Tim Longville; photographs by Val CorbettGardens of the Lake DistrictFrances Lincoln ISBN 9780711227132
2009[24]Keith RichardsonIvver Sen: Lake District: The Life and Times of the Men and Women Who Work the Land River Greta Writer ISBN 978-0955964008title means "Ever since" in Cumbrian dialect
2010[25]Chris WadsworthHercules and the Farmer’s Wife; And Other Stories from a Cumbrian Art GalleryAurum Press ISBN 978-1845135546by owner of the Castlegate House Art Gallery in Cockermouth
2011[26]Cate HasteSheila Fell: a Passion for PaintLund Humphries ISBN 978-0853319795on Sheila Fell
2012 joint[27][28]David CrossDear Mary, Love Percy: A Creative Thread - The Illustrated Letters of Percy Kelly to Mary Burkett 1968-1993Skiddaw Press ISBN 978-0955964022letters from Percy Kelly to Mary Burkett
2012 joint[27]Keith Richardson & Val CorbettJack's Yak: A Unique Journey Through Time with the Special Trees of the Lake District and Cumbria and the Remarkable Stories They Have to TellRiver Greta Writer ISBN 978-0955964022the title tree is an oak ("yak") on the Lowther estate
2013[29][30]Stephen Matthews A Lazy Tour in CumberlandBookcase ISBN 9781904147688when Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens visited in 1857 and wrote The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
2014[31]Simon Temple-BennettUndressed for DinnerHayloft ISBN 9781904524984on turning Augill Castle into a hotel
2015[32][33]James RebanksThe Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District Allen Lane ISBN 9781846148545on sheep farming in Matterdale
2016[34] Robert Beale & Richard KirkmanLakeland Waterways: a history of travel along the English LakesLily ISBN 9781907945861Beale is a Windermere Lake Cruises skipper[35]
2017[36]Rory StewartThe Marches: Border Walks With My FatherJonathan Cape ISBN 978-0224097680a walk through the Scottish Marches
2018[1]Phil RigbyPortrait of Cumbria: Life and LandscapeCN Group ISBN 9781999771201photographs
2019[4]Alan Cleaver & Lesley ParkThe Corpse Roads of CumbriaChitty Mouse Press ISBN 978-1999671808on corpse roads
2020[37]David Felton, Evelyn Sinclair & Andrew ChapmanThe Lake District in 101 Maps and InfographicsJake Island ISBN 978-1999894030Announced online 30 June 2020, no gala lunch event, because of COVID-19.[4] "The graphics cover just about everything people want to know or think they know about the Lakes".[38]
2021[39]Grace DentHungry: A Memoir of Wanting MoreHarperCollins ISBN 9780008333188autobiography
2022[2]Roger LytollisPanic as Man Burns Crumpets: The Vanishing World of the Local JournalistRobinson ISBN 978-1472145796autobiography
2023[40]Amy BatemanForty Farms: Conversations about change in the landscapes of CumbriaJake Island ISBN 978-1915513014photography

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