Atlantic Book Festival events are free unless otherwise indicated. More events are being added and details are subject to change. Please check this page frequently for up-to-date details. Books will be available for sale at most events.
Nova Scotia
April 10-18, The Puffin Gallery / Carrefour Atlantique, Historic Properties, Halifax (423-2940)
Art exhibit featuring work of Lillian Shepherd Award for Illustration nominees, Scott Keating and Marie Moore
Saturday, April 10, 10 am, Studio 21 Fine Art, 1223 Lower Water Street, Halifax
Reading: Beth Powning, author of The Sea Captain’s Wife
Saturday, April 10, 1 – 3 pm, Roberts Street Social Centre, 5684 Roberts Street, Halifax
Browse the zine library as nominee Anna Quon gives a reading. Bring your own T-shirt or tote bag and for $10, you can have the award-winning artwork from the cover of her novel, Migration Songs silk screened on it!
Saturday, April 10, 12 – 2 pm, Indigo, Sunnyside Mall, Bedford
Book signing: Elizabeth Peirce, author of Grow Organic: A Simple Guide to Nova Scotia Vegetable Gardening (Nimbus Publishing)
Saturday, April 10, 2:22 pm, The Great Hall, Dalhousie University Club, Alumni Crescent (off of South Street), Halifax
Cynthia d’Entremont launches her YA novel, Unlocked
Saturday, April 10, 3 – 5 pm, Chapters, Mic Mac Mall, Dartmouth
Book signing: Elizabeth Peirce, author of Grow Organic
Saturday, April 10, 7 pm, the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax
New Book Bash: The NS Children’s Literature Roundtable celebration of local children’s authors and International Children’s Book Day
Sunday, April 11, 10 am – 4 pm, WFNS, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax
A day of sessions and panels on The Writing Life, including a session with nominee Harry Bruce, author of Page Fright. Registration, fees and contact info: www.writers.ns.ca
Sunday, April 11, 7 pm, Ondaatje Hall, McCain Arts & Social Science Building, Dalhousie University, Halifax
Reading: Yann Martel, Beatrice and Virgil. Limited seating; pick up free tickets at Bookmark, 5686 Spring Garden Road, 423-0419
Monday, April 12, noon – 1 pm, CBC Radio’s Maritime Noon call-in
Pitch the Publisher: Host Costas Halavrezos with three Maritime publishers
Monday, April 12, 7 pm, Alderney Gate Public Library, Dartmouth (490-5745)
Reading: nominee Anna Quon, author of Migration Songs
Monday, April 12, 7 pm, The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street, Halifax
Math and Music with musician/nominee Jason Brown, author of Our Days Are Numbered
Monday, April 12, 7 pm, Scotsburn
Village Reading Series presents triple nominee Linden MacIntyre reading from The Bishop’s Man
Tuesday, April 13, 4:30 – 6 pm, the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, 322 Charlotte Street, Sydney
Book launch: Loose Pearls and Other Stories (Cape Breton University Press), by D.C. Troicuk: www.loosepearlsandotherstories.blogspot.com
Tuesday, April 13, 5 – 7 pm, The Halifax Club, 1682 Hollis Street, Halifax
A panel featuring the nominees for the APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Award
Tuesday, April 13, 7 pm, the McConnell Memorial Library, 50 Falmouth Street, Sydney (563-1604)
Reading: double nominee Bob Chaulk, author of SS Atlantic: The White Star Line’s First Diasaster at Sea joined by D.C. Troicuk & others
Tuesday, April 13, 7 pm, Cole Harbour Place Library, Cole Harbour
Reading: nominee Binnie Brennan, author of Harbour View
Tuesday, April 13, 7 pm, Box of Delights, Wolfville
Reading: nominee Jason Brown, author of Our Days Are Numbered: How Mathematics Orders Our Lives
Wednesday, April 14, noon, Alderney Gate Public Library, Dartmouth
Panel: Writing and Place with nominees Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen, Anne Compton and Anna Quon; moderated by Norene Smiley
Wednesday, April 14, 2 pm, Northwood, 2615 Northwood Terrace
Reading: nominee Binnie Brennan, Harbour View
Wednesday, April 14, 6 pm silent auction, 7 pm ceremony, Alderney Landing Theatre, Dartmouth
2010 Atlantic Book Awards celebration with co-hosts Berni Stapleton and Costas Halavrezos; admission is free, but seating is limited; general admission
Thursday, April 15, noon, Spring Garden Road Memorial Library, Halifax (490-5700)
Panel: Disasters at Sea with nominees Bob Chaulk (SS Atlantic: The White Star Line’s First Diasaster at Sea) and Mike Heffernan (Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster)
Thursday, April 15, 7 pm, White Point Beach Resort, 75 White Point Beach Road 2, Hunts Point
20th Anniversary Celebration of the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, featuring readings from this year’s nominees: Michael Crummey, Linden MacIntyre, and Shandi Mitchell; hosted by Stephen Kimber
Thursday, April 15, 7 pm, Small Craft Gallery, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water Street, Halifax
Reading: Bob Chaulk, double nominee, co-author of SS Atlantic: The White Star Line’s First Disaster at Sea
Thursday, April 15, 7 pm, KTS Room, 2nd floor, New Academic Building, University of King’s College, Halifax
Reading: nominees John Crellin and Raoul Andersen, editors of Mi’sel Joe: An Aboriginal Chief’s Journey, with special guest, Chief Mi’sel Joe; hosted by King’s Co-op Bookstore
Friday, April 16, 7 pm, Pictou-Antigonish Library
Reading: nominee Stephen Kimber, author of IWK: A Century of Caring for Families
Friday, April 16, 7 pm, Alumni Hall, King’s College, Halifax (422-1271, x261)
Reading: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning authors and double nominees Michael Crummey and Shandi Mitchell; hosted by King’s Co-op Bookstore
Saturday, April 17, 10 am – 4 pm, Captain William Spry Community Centre, 10 Kidston Road, Spryfield, Halifax
Second Annual Spryfield Book Bonanza family celebration of books
Saturday, April 17, 12 – 2 pm, Chapters Bayers Lake, Halifax
Reading: poet Antony Christie, Of Love and Drowning (Breakwater Books)
Saturday, April 17, 2 – 4 pm, Carrefour Atlantique / The Puffin Gallery, Halifax (423-2940)
Book launch: Uncommon Clay: The Labradoria Mural by Dorrie Brown (Creative Publishing)
Saturday, April 17, 2 – 4:30 pm, Spryfield Seedy Saturday, Captain William Spry Community Centre, 10 Kidston Road, Spryfield, Halifax
Book signing: Elizabeth Peirce, author of Grow Organic: A Simple Guide to Nova Scotia Vegetable Gardening (Nimbus Publishing)
Saturday, April 17, 3 – 5 pm, Chapters Mic Mac Mall, Dartmouth
Reading: poet Antony Christie, Of Love and Drowning (Breakwater Books)
Saturday, April 17, doors open at 6:30 pm, Tatamagouche Centre
Read by the Sea Spring Soiree Fundraiser: “April is the Cruellest Month” featuring a reading by nominee Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen. Wine, canapes, poetry, cash bar and silent auction: www.readbythesea.ca
Saturday, April 17, 8 pm, Khyber Center for the Arts, 1588 Barrington Street, Halifax
Invisible Publishing Spring Book Launch; 8 pm; reading: Ian Orti and guest, 10 pm dance party with live bands (licensed, 19+)
Sunday, April 18, 2 pm, Keshen Goodman Library, Halifax
Reading: poet Antony Christie, Of Love and Drowning (Breakwater Books)
Sunday, April 18, 7 – 8 pm, the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax
Reading: nominee (and Governor-General’s Award-winner) George Elliott Clarke, I & I
Newfoundland & Labrador
Saturday, April 10, 2 – 4 pm, Chapters, 70 Kenmount Road, St. John’s (726-0375)
Reading: poet Antony Christie, Of Love and Drowning (Breakwater Books)
Saturday, April 10, 2 – 4 pm, Coles, Avalon Mall, St. John’s
Book signing: nominee Mike Heffernan, author of Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster (Creative Publishing)
Sunday, April 11, 2 – 4 pm, Chapters, 70 Kenmount Road, St. John’s (726-0375)
Book signing: nominees Raoul Andersen and John Crellin, editors of Mi’sel Joe: An Aboriginal Chief’s Journey (Flanker Press)
Monday, April 12, 7:30 pm, Humphry’s Restaurant and Pub, 177 New Gower Street, St. John’s
Celebration of nominated Newfoundland authors, including Greg Malone (You Better Watch Out), Trudy Morgan-Cole (By the Rivers of Brooklyn), Mike Heffernan (Rig), and Raoul Andersen & John Crellin (Mi’sel Joe); hosted by Berni Stapleton, co-host of the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards
Tuesday, April 13, 7 – 8:30 pm, A. C. Hunter Adult Library, St. John’s Arts & Culture Centre, 125 Allandale Road, St. John’s. (737-2133)
Panel: Oral History with Democracy 250 nominees Mike Heffernan, author of Rig, and Raoul Andersen & John Crellin, editors of Mi’sel Joe
Prince Edward Island
Tuesday, April 13, 7 pm, Confederation Centre Public Library, corner of Queen & Richmond, Charlottetown
Readings: Atlantic Poetry Prize nominees Zach Wells & Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen
Tuesday, April 13, 8:30 pm, Mavor’s Bar & Bistro, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown
Reading: nominee, Newfoundland actor/comedian and CODCO alumnus, Greg Malone, author of You Better Watch Out
New Brunswick
Monday, April 12, 7 pm, Inprint Bookstore, 16 King Street, Saint John
Backtalk Series: Atlantic Poetry Prize nominees Anne Compton, Zach Wells and Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen, hosted by Jane Buss
Sunday, April 18, 2 – 4 pm, Moncton Chapters in Crystal Palace, 499 Paul Street, Dieppe (855-8075)
Segue into the Frye Festival with Shandi Mitchell, double nominee and regional winner (Canada and Caribbean) of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Best First Book)