The news is out; we judges no longer have to keep mum. I’m delighted that Kapka Kassabova’s Border (Granta) is Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year. It’s a wonderful read, which I thoroughly recommended on Deskbound Traveller and elsewhere on its hardback publication last year. But don’t forget the other six titles on a fine short list — you can read extracts from them all on Telegraph Travel.