Saturday 18 May 2013

2013 Atlantic Book Awards: Winners announced


On Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the winners of the 2013 Atlantic Book Awards were announced .  This culminating event concludes another year for the Atlantic Book Awards and Festival, organized by the Atlantic Book Awards Society.

To get more information about the Atlantic Canada Book Awards, go to http://www.atlanticbookawards.ca

Of the nine Atlantic Book Awards, only two are relevant to young readers this year:
  • Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature
  • Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration
The nominees for these two 2013 Atlantic Book Awards were posted on CanLit for LittleCanadians on April 7, 2013.  Here are this year's winners.

                                                                                                                 

The winner of the



ANN CONNOR BRIMER AWARD
 FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Live to Tell 
by Lisa Harrington
Dancing Cat Books 


                                                                                        

The winner of the



LILLIAN SHEPHERD AWARD 
FOR EXCELLENCE IN ILLUSTRATION

I is for Island,
A Prince Edward Island Alphabet 
Illustrated by Brenda Jones
Written by Hugh MacDonald
Sleeping Bear Press



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