Readers’ Choice Award
The Atlantic Independent Booksellers Readers’ Choice Award is chosen by readers through two rounds of online voting. Eligible books are books of any genre (fiction, non-fiction, children’s, YA, poetry) written by an Atlantic Canadian author and published in the previous year. Thanks to the generosity of the Atlantic Independent Booksellers Collective, the award now has a cash prize of $1,000.
Congratulations!
The Atlantic Independent Booksellers Readers’ Choice Award invited readers to vote for their top pick—and wow did they vote! After two rounds of voting and more than 2,000 votes, The Austens by Sarah Emsley came out on top!
PAST RECIPIENTS
2025 We’re Not Rich (Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press) by Sue Murtagh
2024 Freddie the Flyer by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail & Fred Carmichael, illustrated by Audrea Loreen-Wulf.