The judges of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year have arrived at a short list of seven, and the publishers of those books will be given the good news on Thursday (December 7). I can’t say yet what’s on the short list — it won’t be made public until January 10 — but it’s a strong one with some timely books. We shall pick the winner at a lunch on January 24, and he or she will be presented with the prize at a dinner on February 1, as part of the Stanford Travel Writers’ Festival, at the Destinations show in London. For more about the prize and this year’s judges, led by Sara Wheeler, see my earlier post.