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