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Pete Soucy

Pete Soucy

Snook has been an entertainer and comic commentator in Newfoundland and Labrador for 30 years. His first book is How Ya Gettin' On? Snook Writes About Stuff.

#84 Fall 2017, Columns, Editions, First Person October 27, 2017 October 27, 2017

Stuff About Books

Snook’s journey from Corner Boy to publishing more books than his high school principal

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The shortlists for the New Brunswick Book Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!

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SHORTLISTED TITLES ANNOUNCED:
New Brunswick Book Awards to be presented at May 25 ceremony
Moncton (NB) March 18, 2019 - The Fiddlehead and the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick have announced the shortlisted titles for the fourth annual New Brunswick Book Awards. The winners will be revealed at an awards presentation ceremony on Saturday, May 25, at the Moncton Press Club, beginning at 6 p.m.

The program celebrates books published in the 2018 calendar year and in four categories: poetry, fiction, non-fiction and children’s picture books. The competition is open to traditionally published and self-published authors.
The finalists are as follows:

The Mrs. Dunster's Award for Fiction
Judge: Award-winning fiction author David Huebert, named a CBC Writer to Watch for 2018

Meghan Rose Allen, Sackville, Enid Strange (DCB/Cormorant)
Raymond Fraser, Fredericton, Through Sunlight and Shadows (Pottersfield Press)
Susan White, Clifton Royal, Headliner (Acorn)

Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children’s Writing
Judge: Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang, author of 10 books of poetry, picture books, and fiction

Kelly Cooper, Belleisle Creek, If a Horse Had Words (Penguin Random House)
Braelyn Cyr, Fredericton, Mahtoqehs Journey (Monster House Publishing)
Joann Hamilton-Barry, Saint John, There Be Pirates! (Nimbus)

The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize
Judge: Evelyn Lau, author of 12 books, including seven volumes of poetry

Jenna Lyn Albert, Fredericton, Bec & Call (Nightwood Editions)
Hermenegilde Chiasson, Grand Barachois, To Live and Die in Scoudouc, translated by Jo-Anne Elder (Goose Lane Editions)
Kayla Geitzler, Moncton, That Light Feeling Under Your Feet (NeWest Press)

Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction
Judge: Donna Kane, widely published author of poems, short fiction, reviews and nonfiction

Wayne Curtis, Fredericton, Fishing the High Country (Goose Lane Editions)
Stephen May, Fredericton, The Wisdom of Beauty (Chapel Street Editions)
Jacques Poitras, Fredericton, Pipe Dreams (Penguin Random House Canada)

About the Awards: The book awards program represents a partnership between Canada’s oldest literary magazine, The Fiddlehead, which has nurtured New Brunswick's literary culture for close to 75 years, and the Writers’ Federation, which for over 30 years has passionately supported the development of home-grown writers at all stages of development.

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Rayanne Brennan
New Brunswick Book Awards Committee
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(506) 961-3633

Ian LeTourneau
New Brunswick Book Awards Committee
Iletourn@unb.ca
(506) 440-8072
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Join us at Halifax Central Library tomorrow evening at 6:30 pm to hear RC Shaw read from Louisbourg or Bust (Pottersfield Press), this week's featured book for Read Local Month.

From March 18-24, NS and Halifax library users can download the eBook instantly, no holds or wait lists
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Read Local Month Author Reading with R.C. Shaw

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March is Read Local Month at public libraries across Nova Scotia! Come hear R.C. Shaw read from this week’s featured book, Louisbourg or Bust: A Surfer’s Wild Ride Down Nova Scotia’s Drowned Coast.
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Author RC Shaw and Angela Reynolds of Annapolis Valley Regional Library were on CTV Morning Live this morning to talk about Read Local Month and Louisbourg or Bust, this week's featured book.

No holds or wait list this week when you download the eBook version of Louisbourg or Bust from Nova Scotia or Halifax Public Libraries.

Visit atlanticbookstoday.ca/read-local for more info on how to download this week's book ...

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It's Week Three of Read Local Month at Nova Scotia and Halifax Public Libraries!

This week, you can instantly borrow Louisbourg or Bust: no holds or wait list! All you need is your free public library card.

Nova Scotia library users: novascotia.overdrive.com
Halifax library users: halifax.overdrive.com

Visit atlanticbookstoday.ca/read-local to read more about the book and the Read Local Month initiative!
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Tune in to CTV Morning Live tomorrow to hear from a librarian and an author on Read Local Month and next week's featured eBook, Louisbourg or Bust (Pottersfield Press)

Halifax Public Libraries
Annapolis Valley Regional Library
Cape Breton Regional Library
South Shore Public Libraries
Western Counties Regional Library
Truro Library - Colchester-East Hants Public Library
Mount Uniacke Library - Colchester-East Hants Public Library
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