The Atlantic Book Awards Society is pleased to announce the full shortlist for the ten different book prizes that make up the 2013 Atlantic Book Awards. The thirty books up for awards represent the wide range of literary works being produced in Atlantic Canada—from traditional novels to cutting edge fiction; thought-provoking non-fiction and deeply researched books on Atlantic Canadian history, to poetry; and illustrated children’s picture books to novels written for teens and young adults. The 2013 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival runs May 9-16 with free literary events taking place in all four Atlantic Provinces. Festival details will be available at www.atlanticbookawards.ca in the coming weeks. Winners of the 2013 Atlantic Book Awards will be announced at a special awards show on the last night of the week-long festival, Thursday, May 16, at 7:00 pm at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, NS. It’s a special year this year for the Dartmouth Book Awards – 2013 is the 25th anniversary of these awards, some of the oldest in Canada. The shortlists for the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature and the Lillian Shepherd Award for Excellence in Illustration are listed below.
Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature
Live to Tell
Written by Lisa Harrington
Dancing Cat Books
Kamakwie: Finding Peace, Love, and Injustice in Sierra Leone
Written by Kathleen Martin
Red Deer Press
Enemy Territory
Written 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 Publishing
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 Publishing
The Board of the non-profit Atlantic Book Awards Society is made up of representatives of the Atlantic Canadian book and writing community. The 2013 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canada Book Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Province of Nova Scotia and Access Copyright, and the sponsorship of Chapters-Indigo, the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association, Advocate Printing, The Chronicle Herald, The Telegram, The Guardian, and The Telegraph-Journal.
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