Thursday 22 May 2014

2014 winners of the Atlantic Book Awards announced yesterday


Last night, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the winners of the 2014 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 2014 Atlantic Book Awards were posted on CanLit for LittleCanadians on April 18, 2014.  Here are this year's winners.

                                                                                                                 

The winner of the



ANN CONNOR BRIMER AWARD
 FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE


Nix  Minus One
by Jill McLean
Pajama Press


                                                                                        



The winner of the


LILLIAN SHEPHERD AWARD 
FOR EXCELLENCE IN ILLUSTRATION



Lasso the Wind:Aurélia’s Verses and Other Poems
Illustrated by Susan Tooke
Written by George Elliot Clarke
Nimbus Publishing



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