Ending the year on a winning note
byLooking back on a great year in books, we wanted to highlight some local award-winners. Check out these local authors and illustrators who received Atlantic Books Awards in 2015.
Gordon Pitts
An event to remember: Atlantic Book Awards 2015
byA slide show celebrating the 2015 Atlantic Book Awards gala.
Atlantic Book Awards 2015 winners announced at gala event
byThe winners of the 2015 Atlantic Book Awards were announced Thursday night in a ceremony held at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, NS.
Book readings from the nominees for the Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction at Alderney Gate Public Library
byYou are invited to the Alderney Gate Public Library for book readings by the nominees for the Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction in memory of Robbie Robertson. Natalie Meisner will be reading from her novel Double Pregnant: Two Lesbians Make a Family. Gordon Pitts will be reading from Fire in the Belly: How Purdy Crawford rescued Canada, and changed the way we do business. And, Lindsay Ruck…
Award season begins: Atlantic Book Awards short list
byLast night the Atlantic Book Awards announced this year’s short list at the Halifax Central Library. Jon Tattrie led a discussion with Valerie Compton, Alexander MacLeod and Ami MacKay called “Writers in Conversation”. Shandi Mitchell’s Dalhousie University Creative Writing students opened the event with readings of their best short fiction from their final senior workshop. Congratulations to all the shortlisted publishers and authors! Democracy 250 Atlantic…