Thirteen awards were handed out last night at Paul O’Regan Hall to the authors, illustrators and publishers representing the best of the past year in Atlantic Canadian literary offerings. The winners: Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction Barrelling Forward by Eva Crocker (House of Anansi Press) Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature The Painting by […]
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2017 Atlantic Book Awards winners
Here’s a bit of good Canadian literary news for once: The ten winners of the 2017 Atlantic Book Awards were announced last night in a gala ceremony held in Paul O’Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library. Hosted by CBC Radio’s Angela Antle, the gala concludes this year’s Atlantic Book Festival, which ran from May […]
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Atlantic Book Awards nominees 2016: Read ’em and reap…
Nominees for the 2016 Atlantic Books Awards were announced today, and Nova Scotian authors were well represented. Locals Dean Jobb, Janet Maybee and Sarah Mian are the only writers on the list to be nominated in two different categories, and a new award has been created in honour of Cape Breton’s late literary legend Alistair […]
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Atlantic Book Awards winners announced!
Last night, as a wrap up to the Atlantic Book Festival, the winners of the 2015 Atlantic Book Awards were announced. Hosted by CBC’s Stephanie Domet (also a pretty snazzy writer), the sold-out event highlighted Atlantic Canadian literary talent in a range of fields. The real winners are the readers, right? The 2015 winners: The […]
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The Atlantic Book Festival starts today
Let’s get literal! The Atlantic Book Awards Society (ABAS) has released the schedule for a week chock full of scholarly celebration (aka the Atlantic Book Awards and Festival). Starting May 7 and continuing until May 14, events will take place across all our salty sweet Maritime cities. After a week of bookish bliss, the finale […]
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Giddy for Giller: Esi Edugyan wins!
The Giller Prize winner is announced tonight, you guys. One lucky author is going to MAKE IT RAIN. Celebrate this prestigious award while supporting the Atlantic Book Awards Society at their Giller Lite Bash. There will be chances to win Giller-nommed books, and you can watch the live broadcast of the ceremony. Don’t forget the […]
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Congrats to all Atlantic Book Awards winners!
Check out the 2011 Atlantic Book Awards winners, if you see these folks, give them a hearty high-five: –Kathleen Winter took home the $20,000 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize for Annabel (House of Anansi Press) –Alexander MacLeod won the prestigious Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for his collection of short stories, Light […]
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Atlantic Book Award winners
When Mike Holmes win, we all win. Sadly, we couldn’t make last night’s Atlantic Book Awards (or the beers after), but it looks like there were no big surprises—Linden MacIntyre and Shandi Mitchell were the big winners—except for one: Coast comic artist Mike Holmes won the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Book Illustration for his […]
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Awarding the scribes
The Atlantic Book Awards and Festival runs April 10 to 18, and right in the middle of the regional literary celebration sits the awards ceremony. Hosted by Newfoundland comedian and author Berni Stapleton, along with CBC Radio’s Costas Halavrezos, the ceremony will dish out 13 awards, with shortlisted authors including first-time novelists Shandi Mitchell and […]
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Atlantic Book Award shortlist and surprising omissions
The shortlist for the Atlantic Book Awards were announced this week and I have to say that this year’s list is full of surprises, some of which are really exciting. First-time novelists impressed the judges: Shandi Mitchell, nominated for two awards for her debut novel, Under This Unbroken Sky, including the big Raddall prize, and […]