2013 Atlantic Book Awards nominees announced

On March 21, 2013, the Atlantic Book Awards Society announced the shortlists of nominated titles for its various book prizes.  Then, in May, the Atlantic Book Awards and Festival, which comprises of numerous free events in all Canadian Atlantic provinces, culminates with an awards ceremony.

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

The nine Atlantic Book Awards are:

• Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature
• APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Award, sponsored by Friesens
• 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
• Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Fiction

The nominees for the two 2013 Atlantic Book Awards for young readers are listed below.

ANN CONNOR BRIMER AWARD

 FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Live to Tell 
by Lisa Harrington
Dancing Cat Books

Kamakwie: Finding Peace, Love, and Injustice in Sierra Leone
by Kathleen Martin
Red Deer Press

Enemy Territory 
by Sharon E. McKay
Annick Press

LILLIAN SHEPHERD AWARD 

FOR EXCELLENCE IN ILLUSTRATION

Driftwood Dragons and Other Seaside Poems 
Illustrated by Tamara Thiebaux Heikalo
Written by Tyne Brown
Nimbus

I is for Island: A Prince Edward Island Alphabet 
Illustrated by Brenda Jones
Written by Hugh MacDonald
Sleeping Bear Press

Toes In My Nose and Other Poems  
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Written by Sheree Fitch
Nimbus








Winners of the 2013 Atlantic Book Awards will be announced at a special awards show on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.