2021 Atlantic Book Awards Shortlist
Representing the best in Atlantic writing, illustration and publishing, the Atlantic Book Awards Society is pleased to announce the shortlists for the fourteen different book prizes that make up the 2021 Atlantic Book Awards. The nominated titles represent a wide range of books from Atlantic Canada—everything from hard-hitting non-fiction to illustrated children’s books to adult fiction, and a new poetry award created in 2020 by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia in honour of the late celebrated African-Nova Scotian poet and teacher, Maxine Tynes. Missing from our list is KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF, by Tom Ryan; HUMANIMUS by David Huebert; I TALK LIKE A RIVER, by Sydney Smith; CAPTURING CRIME, by Carol Taylor;

Boy With a Problem

Winter Road

The Appendage Formerly Known as Your Left Arm
and other stories

Annaka

The Grey Sisters

At the Ocean's Edge
A History of Nova Scotia to Confederation

The Miramichi Fire
A History

A Long Journey
Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland

The Forager's Dinner
Finding, harvesting, and preparing Newfoundland & Labrador's edible plants

Dirty Birds

Black Matters

Silver Hair and Golden Voice
Austin Willis, from Halifax to Hollywood

Acadian Driftwood
One Family and the Great Expulsion

Cod Collapse
The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland's Saltwater Cowboys

Blood in the Water
A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes

Before the Parade
A History of Halifax's Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Communities, 1972-1984

Good Mothers Don't

The Spoon Stealer

The Silence of the Vessel
A Novel

Waking Ground

The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt

When Emily Was Small

Aftershock
A Novel
