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# Seneca Geography Book of the Year 2020

By Stephen Wilks · Published 2020-06-17 · Updated 2020-07-07

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 Seneca Geography Book of the Year award.

## **Seneca Geography Book of the Year Shortlist**

[**The New Silk Roads - Peter Frankopan**](https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-new-silk-roads-9781526607430/)

[**Ghosts of the Tsunami - Richard Lloyd Parry**](https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1112149/ghosts-of-the-tsunami/9781784704889.html)

[**Miss Chopsticks - Xinran**](https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/106/1069759/miss-chopsticks/9780099501534.html)

[**We Are Displaced - Malala Yousafzai**](https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/malala-yousafzai/we-are-displaced/9781474610063/)

[**Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall**](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Prisoners-of-Geography/Tim-Marshall/9781501121470)

## **Judging Panel**

[**Kate Stockings**](https://twitter.com/kate_stockings)

Geography HOD • IOE Fawcett Fellow • FRGS • Chair of the Teacher Panel [@MuseumofLondon •](https://twitter.com/MuseumofLondon)[#LNPCRanger• Education Officer ](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23LNPCRanger&src=hashtag_click)[@UKPolarNetwork• Editor ](https://twitter.com/UKPolarNetwork)[@routesjournal](https://twitter.com/routesjournal)

[**Catherine Owen**](https://twitter.com/GeogMum)

Head of Geog at TKASA & Jack and Megan's Mum. I chair the GAISIG, am a CGeog and run courses and write for the GA, OUP & Hodder.

[**Michael Chiles**](https://twitter.com/m_chiles)

Principal Examiner • HOD • Teacher [@OakNational• Trainer • Author of CRAFT with ](https://twitter.com/OakNational)[@johncatt • ](https://twitter.com/johncatt)[@SenecaLearn](https://twitter.com/SenecaLearn) Ambassador

[**Alan Parkinson**](https://twitter.com/GeoBlogs)

Alan Parkinson CGeog/FRGS/FRSGS Award-winning Teacher/Author / HoD [@Kings_Ely](https://twitter.com/Kings_Ely) Junior / Mission:Explorer / JVP [@The_GA](https://twitter.com/The_GA) 19-20 / UNCC teacher

[**Paul Logue**](https://twitter.com/ploguey)

Very proud host of [@GeogChat](https://twitter.com/GeogChat) and writer of our T&L newsletter.

## **Criteria for the Shortlist & Winner**

1. A book of excellence in the field of Geography according to the view of the Judging Panel.
2. A Fiction or Non-Fiction book.
3. Appropriate for Geography students and teachers alike.

## **Coming Soon...**

- Book reviews from the Judging Panel
- Outlined connections between the shortlist and the curriculum