atlanticbookawards

FICTION FÊTE!

June 3, 2026
7:00 pm
The Chester Playhouse

Join us for Fiction Fête! as we celebrate Atlantic fiction authors with a showcase of readings from the Atlantic Book Awards nominees!

Five Atlantic Canadian authors are nominated for the highly coveted Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, a book prize valued at $30,000.

Joining us this afternoon to read from their nominated works are:

  • Renée BelliveauA Sense of Things Beyond (Vagrant Press)
  • Jaime Burnetmilktooth (Vagrant Press)
  • Robert de la ChevotièreWe Were Not Kings (Little A)
  • Danny JacobsThe Ignis Psalter (Porcupine’s Quill)
  • Danica RoacheFive Seasons of Charlie Francis (Vagrant Press)

Good Dog Books will be on site selling copies of the nominated books.

Stephanie Domet

Stephanie Domet is the author of two novels, and is at work on a third. She lives in Halifax where she is a freelance writer and editor who teaches creative writing in her dining room to little kids, sews her own clothes, and absolutely wants to make you supper when you’re in town.