Festival Events

2026 Atlantic Book Awards Festival

Information and events schedule coming soon!

This year’s gala takes place Thursday, June 4, 7 pm, at Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library.

The Atlantic Book Awards Society (ABAS) is a registered non-profit organization with the mandate to promote and acknowledge excellence in Atlantic Canadian writing and book publishing through an annual awards ceremony and related events.

Awards

Alistair MacLeod
Award for Short Fiction

J. M. Abraham
Atlantic Poetry Award

Thomas Raddall
Atlantic Fiction Award

APMA Award For Best
Atlantic-Published Book

Atlantic Legacy Award

Ann Connor Brimer
Award for Atlantic Canadian Children’s Literature

Readers’ Choice Award

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