2016 Atlantic Book Awards shortlists of nominated titles announced

Yesterday, the Atlantic Book Awards Society announced the shortlists of nominated titles for its various book prizes.  Winners of the 2016 Atlantic Book Awards will be announced at a gala at Moncton’s historic Capitol Theatre on April 27, 2016.

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

This year, there are twelve Atlantic Book Awards that will be presented:

• Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction
• Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature
• Les Éloizes - Artiste de l’année en littérature (Association acadienne des artistes professionnel.le.s du Nouveau-Brunswick)
• Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing
• Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction)
• Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing
• Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction)
• Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration
• Margaret and John Savage First Book Award
• New Brunswick Book Award for Fiction
• Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Book Award for Non-fiction 
• Westminster Books Award for Poetry

The nominees for the two 2016 Atlantic Book Awards for young readers are listed below.

ANN CONNOR BRIMER AWARD

 FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Delusion Road

by Don Aker

HarperCollins Publishers

Prison Boy

by Sharon E. McKay

Annick Press

Rain Shadow

by Valerie Sherrard

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

LILLIAN SHEPHERD AWARD 

FOR EXCELLENCE IN ILLUSTRATION

Doretta Groenendyk 

I’m Drawing a Picture

(Written by Doretta Groenendyk)

Acorn Press

Ron Lightburn 

Frankenstink!:  Garbage Gone Bad

(Written by Ron Lightburn)

Tundra Books

Tamara Thiebaux-Heikalo 

Mayann’s Train Ride

(Written by The Honourable Mayann Francis)

Nimbus Publishing

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

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

2014 Atlantic Book Awards shortlists announced

On April 4, 2014 , the Atlantic Book Awards Society announced the shortlists of nominated titles for its various book prizes.  Winners of the 2014 Atlantic Book Awards will be announced at a special awards show on Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the Delta Prince Edward/PEI Convention Centre in Charlottetown, PEI.

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

This year, the ten 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
• Prince Island Book Award for Fiction
• Prince Island Book Award for Non-Fiction

The nominees for the two 2014 Atlantic Book Awards for young readers are listed below.

ANN CONNOR BRIMER AWARD

 FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Nix Minus One
By Jill MacLean
Pajama Press

Reviewed here

The Power of Harmony
by Jan L. Coates
Red Deer Press

Reviewed here

The Stowaways
by Meghan Marentette
Pajama Press

Reviewed here

LILLIAN SHEPHERD AWARD 

FOR EXCELLENCE IN ILLUSTRATION

Illustrator: Susan Tooke
Lasso the Wind:  Aurélia’s Verses and Other Poems
by George Elliott Clarke
Nimbus Publishing

Illustrator: Leonard Paul
Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow 
by William Dumas
Portage & Main Press







Illustrator: Deanne Fitzpatrick
Singily Skipping Along 
by Sheree Fitch
Nimbus Publishing

Atlantic Book Awards' 2012 winners announced

In St. John's Newfoundland on May 17, 2012, the winners of the Atlantic Book Awards for 2012 were announced.

Of the nine Atlantic Book Awards, three awards are specific for children's and YA literature. A fourth award was won by a young adult book and has been included here as well.  The winners in these award categories are listed below.

Ann Connor Brimer Award 

for Children’s Literature

WINNER

The Year Mrs. Montague Cried

by Susan White 

Acorn Press

Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award 

for Excellence in Illustration

WINNER

There were Monkeys in My Kitchen

Illustrated by Sydney Smith

Written by Sheree Fitch

Nimbus Publishing

 

Margaret and John Savage 

First Book Award

WINNER

The Town That Drowned 

by Riel Nason

Goose Lane Editions

The Bruneau Family Children’s/Young Adult Literature Award

WINNER

Jack and the Manger

by Andy Jones

Running the Goat Books & Broadsides

 Congratulations  and  Félicitations