Wednesday 15 April 2015

2015 Atlantic Book Awards: Finalists announced


On April 7, 2015 , the Atlantic Book Awards Society announced the shortlists of nominated titles for its various book prizes.  Winners of the 2015 Atlantic Book Awards will be announced at a special  awards show on Thursday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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

This year, the eight Atlantic Book Awards that will be presented are:
  • Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature
  • APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Award, sponsored by Friesens
  • Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing, sponsored by Marquis Imprimeur 
  • Dartmouth Book Award for Non-fiction in Memory of Robbie Robertson, presented by the Kiwanis Club of Dartmouth
  • Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing
  • Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction), presented by Boyne Clarke
  • Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration
  • Margaret and John Savage First Book Award
The nominees for the two 2015 Atlantic Book Awards for young readers are listed below.

ANN CONNOR BRIMER AWARD
 FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Jack, the King of Ashes
by Andy Jones
Illustrated by Darka Erdelji
Running Goat Books & Broadsides


Flame and Ashes: The Great Fire Diary of Triffie Winsor, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1892
(Dear Canada)
by Janet McNaughton
Scholastic Canada


The End of the Line
by Sharon E. McKay
Annick Press



LILLIAN SHEPHERD AWARD 
FOR EXCELLENCE IN ILLUSTRATION

Sydney Smith
Music is For Everyone
Written by Jill Barber
Nimbus Publishing


Michael Pittman
Wow Wow and Haw Haw
Written by George Murray
Breakwater Books


Nancy Rose
The Secret Life of Squirrels
Written by Nancy Rose
Penguin Canada



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