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Travel Book Award 2010 - Readers' Choice

The Whitcoulls Travel Book of the Year Award - Readers' Choice

We're asking you, the readers, to vote for your favourite entry in our Travel Book of the Year Readers' Choice Award. The judging is completely separate from the Whitcoulls Travel Book of the Year Award and is carried out solely on-line with a prize for the winning author of $500 worth of Whitcoulls vouchers and there is also a prize for a voter (chosen randomly) of a $100 Whitcoulls voucher.
 

Entries: (in alphabetical order)

   Antipodes
   The Ingenious and Exhilarating Expedition of El Lider and la Campana
   Author: Mark Price
   Published by Longacre Press / Random House NZ Ltd
   ISBN: 978-1-877460-36-4

   Vote for this book by clicking here
   For more information see the website:
   www.randomhouse.co.nz




 
Bowling Through India   Bowling Through India
   Five Kiwi Blokes Take on India at Cricket
   Author: Justin Brown
   Published by Random House NZ Ltd
   ISBN: 978-1-869791-55-1

   Vote for this book by clicking here
   For more information see the website:
   www.randomhouse.co.nz




 
   Cons, Fools and Friends
   25 Years of Travelling The World
   Author: Peter Anderson
   Published by Marshall Cavendish
   ISBN: 978-983-3845-46-0

   Vote for this book by clicking here
   For more information see the website:
   www.marshallcavendish.com




 
   Down, Across and Up
   An Epic Kiwi Adventure Around New Zealand On Horseback
   Author: Genevieve and Kerrin Revell
   Published by Random House NZ Ltd
   ISBN: 978-1-86979-245-9

   Vote for this book by clicking here
   For more information see the website:
   www.randomhouse.co.nz




 
   Hell-Bent For Life
   Author: Dr John Valentine
   ISBN: 978-0-473-14665-8

   Vote for this book by clicking here
   For more information see the website:
   www.travcom.co.nz




 
   Running Hot
   A Story Of A Life Lived To The Max
   Author: Lisa Tamati
   Published by Allen & Unwin
   ISBN: 978-1-877505-01-0

   Vote for this book by clicking here
   For more information see the website:
   www.allenandunwin.com




 
The Idiot Boy Who Flew   The Idiot Boy Who Flew
   And Other Travels In Elsewhere
   Author: Graham Reid
   Published by Public Address Books
   ISBN: 978-0-09864525-0-5

   Vote for this book by clicking here
   For more information see the website:
   www.publicaddress.net




 
   Twisting Throttle America
   A Kiwi's Hilarious Trip Around America On The Smell Of An Oily Rag
   Author: Mike Hyde
   Published by Harper Collins Publishers New Zealand
   ISBN: 978-1-86950-747-3
   Vote for this book by clicking here
   For more information see the website:
   www.twistingthrottle.com




 
Under the Huang Jiao Tree   Under the Huang Jiao Tree
   Two Journeys in China
   Author: Jane Carswell
   Published by Transit Lounge Publishing
   ISBN: 978-0-9805717-2-1

   Vote for this book by clicking here
   For more information see the website:
   www.janecarswell.net




 

Conditions of Entry

  • only one vote per person. One vote per email address. Please feel free to add comments and any feedback on the book and why you liked it (authors love feedback).
  • online voting only.
  • voting opens on 22/12/2009 and will close on 10/3/2010 at 5pm.
  • the winning author receives $500 in Whitcoulls Vouchers.
  • a randomly drawn voter in the Readers' Choice Awards will receive a $100 Whitcoulls Voucher, to thank you for voting.
  • the voting is entirely independent from the judging panel for the Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Book of the Year Award
  • The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • Winners will be contacted directly by the Travcom administrator and published on the Travcom website after 23/3/2010.
  • The books and the photography entries in the Cathay Pacific Travel Media Awards will be exhibited at the Awards Presentation and Gala Dinner to be held at the Heritage Auckland Grand Tearoom, Tuesday, 23 March 2010. The winner of the Whitcoulls Travcom Travel book of the Year award, the winning author of the Readers' Choice Award and the randomly selected voter (who wins a $100 Whitcoulls voucher) will be announced at the awards gala dinner.
     
    For further information about the Cathay Pacific Travel Media Awards please contact Travcom Administrator Helen Davies on Ph: (09) 624 5707
    Email: helen.davies@clear.net.nz