2015 Atlantic Book Awards: winners announced

In May, the winners of the 2015 Atlantic Book Awards were announced.  This culminating event concluded 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

The End of the Line

by Sharon E. McKay

Annick Press

                                                                                         

The winner of the

LILLIAN SHEPHERD AWARD 

FOR EXCELLENCE IN ILLUSTRATION

Music is for Everyone

Illustrated by Sydney Smith

Written by Jill Barber

Nimbus Publishing