2018 Atlantic Book Awards Shortlists
The Atlantic Book Awards Society is pleased to announce the shortlist for the twelve different book prizes comprising the 2018 Atlantic Book Awards. The nominated titles represent a wide range of books from Atlantic Canada—everything from history to kids’ books. The Awards will be given out in Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, on Thursday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. This year’s Pioneer Award will also be awarded to someone from Nova Scotia who has made a substantial contribution to the literary life of the region.
Scars and Other Stories
Barrelling Forward
Stories
Peninsula Sinking
The Painting
Polly MacCauley's Finest, Divinest, Wooliest Gift of All
A Yarn for All Ages
The Memory Chair
The Mill
Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest
The Sea Was in Their Blood
The Disappearance of the Miss Ally's Five-Man Crew
The Halifax Explosion
Canada's Worst Disaster
Nova Scotia at War, 1914-1919
Run, Hide, Repeat
A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
The Long Way Home
A Personal History of Nova Scotia
A Bird on Every Tree
The Unlikely Redemption of John Alexander MacNeil
Everthing We’ve Loved Comes Back To Find Us
I'd Write the Sea Like a Parlour Game
All the Names Between
Atlantic Animal ABC
Smoot
A Rebellious Shadow
Town Is by the Sea
Just Jen
Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis
Chasing Smoke
A Wildfire Memoir
Crying for the Moon
A Novel