Tuesday 7 July 2015

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