Shortlist Announcement
We’re getting ready for the 2026 edition of the Atlantic Book Awards Festival! First up is our Shortlist Announcement. This is when we gather to find out which books are in the running for our 2026 awards. Join us as we salute the authors whose books are nominated for the Alistair MacLeod Short Fiction Award, […]
Atlantic Book Awards Gala
The Atlantic Book Awards Gala celebrates authors and books from the four Atlantic provinces with the presentation of a number of awards, including: As well, we’ll present the Atlantic Legacy Award, presented to an Atlantic Canadian “who has made a lasting contribution to the development of the literary arts in our region,” and the Readers’ […]
Nova Scotia Book Awards Celebration
Join us at our annual gala to celebrate the winners and nominees for the Nova Scotia Book Awards! The gala takes place on Monday, June 1, 7 pm at Brightwood Golf and Country Club, 227 School Street, Dartmouth. The following awards will be presented: Doors open at 6:30. Bar service and refreshments will be available […]
The winners of the 2025 Atlantic Book Awards are:
Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children’s Literature Valerie Sherrard, Standing on Neptune, DCB Young Readers J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award Douglas Walbourne-Gough, Island, Goose Lane Editions Readers’ Choice Award Sue Murtagh, We’re Not Rich, Nimbus Publishing The Atlantic Legacy Award Andrew Steeves and Gary Dunfield of Gaspereau Press APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Éditions Perce-Neige […]
READERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Who do you think should win the 2025 Readers’ Choice Award? Let your voice be heard – vote for your favourite Atlantic Canadian book from the last year. Everyone is invited to participate. The Readers’ Choice Award will be decided by the public in two rounds. It is open to any Atlantic Canadian book (any book written by […]
June 5 – Atlantic Book Awards Gala
Thursday June 5th, Central Library 7:00 pm On Thursday, June 5, the four Atlantic book awards, including one of Canada’s biggest book prizes, the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award valued at $30,000, will be presented. The Atlantic Book Awards gala, which also includes presentations of the Atlantic Legacy Award and the Reader’s Choice Award, takes place at 7 p.m. […]
Raddall Book Club 2025
Raddall Book Club (virtual meetings) Meetings every Sunday from May 4th to June 1st, 6:30pm to 8pm In a partnership between AfterWords Literary Festival and the Atlantic Book Awards, authors Stephanie Domet (co-executive and co-artistic director of AfterWords) and William Ping (2024 Raddall nominee and 2025 juror) will be reading each nominated book along with us. Book club perks include bookish […]