Transport Book of the Year Awards: Saturday 22nd May 2021.

Unfortunately last year’s awards ceremony was cancelled, along with the AGM planned to be held in Bradford. This year, the judges’ report and announcement of the winning books were presented during a virtual presentation on Saturday 22nd May 2021.

A video recording of the presentations is available; click here for video

For or a copy of the judges report click: 2021 Judges Report

The nominations for the 2021 awards were:

Railway Book of the Year

The Corris Railway: The Story of a mid-Wales Slate Railway by Peter Johnson, Pen & Sword Transport

British Railways Stinks: The Life and Work of Britain’s Last Railway Chemists by Dave Smith & colleagues, Gresley Books

A London & North Western Railway Engineman at Work: The Diary of Thomas Baron, 1855-1862 by Edward Talbot, London & North Western Railway Society (winner of Railway Book of the Year)

British Railway Infrastructure since 1970: An Historical Overview by Paul D. Shannon, Pen & Sword Transport

Canal Book of the Year

James Smart of Chalford: Working Life on the Cotswold Canals and Linked Waterways by Hugh Conway-Jones, Black Dwarf Lightmoor Publications (winner of Canal Book of the Year)

Harecastle’s Canal and Railway Tunnels by Allan C. Baker and Mike G. Fell OBE, Lightmoor Press

Transport History Book of the Year

Winner: James Smart of Chalford: Working Life on the Cotswold Canals and Linked Waterways by Hugh Conway-Jones, Black Dwarf Lightmoor Publications (winner of Canal Book of the Year)