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