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