The winner is due to be announced this week of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year award. Before that, at the Stanfords shop in London on Wednesday (March 2), a session on “the power of travel writing and the need to explore” will bring together the writers Colin Thubron, Tharik Hussain (both short-listed for this year’s award) and Monisha Rajesh, in a conversation with Jeremy Bassetti, host of the Travel Writing World podcast.