Top lit prize moves to Kendal (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Top lit prize moves to Kendal

9:44am Friday 31st March 2006

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A WORLD-class event in Kendal is continuing to gather pace with the news that it will host a prestigious literature prize for the first time in November.

The Kendal Mountain Book Festival will this year present the prestigious Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature an award that has been based in London since its inception in 1984.

The announcement is another feather in the cap for the festival, launched in 2004, which is fast-establishing itself as one of the leading mountain literature events of its kind in the world.

"We are delighted the Boardman Tasker prize is moving to Kendal the mountain film festival and more recently the book festival have really grown into something excellent and we feel it is right to host the award there," said Pippa Southward, of the Boardman Tasker Charitable Trust.

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