young readers

Features, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Web exclusives March 5, 2019 March 5, 2019

2019 Feminist Books for International Women’s Day

by Chris Benjamin

International Women’s Day Celebrates women’s rights, something we couldn’t have without the kind of feminist analysis found in these Atlantic Canadian books

# 88 Winter 2018, Editions, Reviews, Uncategorized, Young Readers Reviews December 20, 2018 June 17, 2019

Lisa Doucet Reviews Seasons Before the War

by Lisa Doucet

Nostalgic Recollection of Pre-war Newfoundland Charms Kids

# 88 Winter 2018, Editions, Reviews, Young Readers Reviews December 14, 2018 December 13, 2018

Lisa Doucet Reviews Santa Never Brings Me a Banjo

by Lisa Doucet

Playful, Quirky Lyrics & Art Capture Musical Ecstasy

# 88 Winter 2018, Art, Editions, Reviews, Young Readers Reviews December 13, 2018 December 13, 2018

Lisa Doucet Reviews Anna at the Art Museum

by Lisa Doucet

Patient Museum Caretaker Unleashes Art’s Power on Rambunctious Girl

# 88 Winter 2018, Editions, Features, Fiction, Young Readers December 12, 2018 December 13, 2018

The World Needs Modern Indigenous Stories

by Jon Tattrie

Contemporary Stories Are Honouring Indigenous Cultures

# 88 Winter 2018, Editions, Reviews, Young Readers Reviews November 28, 2018 November 27, 2018

Angus MacAskill’s Desire to be Appreciated Inside

by Lisa Doucet

Lisa Doucet reviews Tom Ryan’s A Giant Man From a Small Town

# 87 Fall 2018, Editions, Fiction, Reviews, Young Readers Reviews November 15, 2018 November 15, 2018

Connecting With Place and Time

by Lisa Doucet

In Summer in the Land of Anne, six-year-old Elspeth knows that she herself is really Anne of Green Gables and these places they visit on Prince Edward Island feel like they are her real, true home

Upcoming Events

Canada’s Storytellers: Esi Edugyan

February 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
I Want to Make Myself: Evelyn White on Toni Morrison’s Sula

February 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
I Read Canadian Day

February 19 @ 12:00 am - 11:30 pm
Welcome Wednesdays: Special Guest Author Briana Corr Scott

February 19 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am
I Read Canadian Reading Flash Mob

February 19 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

@abtmagazine

Atlantic Books Today @abtmagazine·

Contest alert! To win 1 of 4 best-selling books; Like, Follow/Comment the Book You’d Like to Win! For bonus prize, Share this post! Contest ends February 29 @chaptershfx #readatlantic #supportlocal #readlocal #atlanticbooks #booknerd #bestseller #contest #contestalert

Atlantic Books Today @abtmagazine·

Congratulations @rebsee on having your stellar novel DAUGHTERS OF SILENCE chosen as Word On The Street's Book of the Month for February! #africanheritagemonth #gooselane @goose_lane #readatlantic #supportlocal #ABT #readlocal #atlanticbooks #reading #booknerd #booknerdigans

Breakwater Books @BreakwaterBooks·

EAST COAST KETO (@KetoEastCoast) makes the Top 5 Local Sellers list in #NL again! @chaptersindigo 😍

@BobbiPikeArt @Geoff_Pike #ketolife #nlarts https://twitter.com/abtmagazine/status/1225760092211044357

East Coast Keto @KetoEastCoast·

Delighted to be back on the bestsellers list this month! Thank you @BreakwaterBooks and @abtmagazine for all you do!! https://twitter.com/breakwaterbooks/status/1225760973929295874

Flanker Press @FlankerPress·

Huge congrats to Carl English @cenglish23 and Justin Barbour @NLExplorer88 for having the top 2 best selling books from @chaptersindigo in Newfoundland and Labrador in January 2020! #nlarts #nlbooks https://twitter.com/abtmagazine/status/1225760092211044357

Facebook

Atlantic Books Today

4 days ago

This tote though👌👌👌 By the way, if this extraordinary tote also appeals to your values and/or stylishness you can get one of these by reaching out to us or subscribing to our magazine. (You can do that on our website. This person probably did) #ABT #readlocal #readatlantic #atlanticbooks #atlanticpublishing #supportlocal #booknerd #booknerigans ...

Photo

View on Facebook

Atlantic Books Today

5 days ago

Contest alert! We're giving away one of FOUR January best-sellers (according to Chapters/Indigo sales) from each Atlantic Province. To win; Like, Follow, and Comment the Book You’d Like to Win! For a bonus prize (a mystery title, editors pick :p), Share this post!

Up for grabs;

Are You Kidding Me by Lesley Crewe (NS)
Hiking Trails of New Brunswick by Marianne/H.A. Eiselt (NB)
The Bygone Days by Reginald “Dutch” Thompson (PEI)
Chasing a Dream by Carl English (NFLD)

Contest ends February 29

@chaptershfx #readatlantic #supportlocal #readlocal #atlanticbooks #booknerd #booknerdigans #bestseller #contest #contestalert ...

Photo

View on Facebook

Atlantic Books Today shared a post.

6 days ago

Congratulations Rebecca Fisseha on having your stellar novel DAUGHTERS OF SILENCE chosen as Word On The Street's Book of the Month for February! #africanheritagemonth #gooselane ...

View on Facebook

Atlantic Books Today

1 week ago

The new Carol Shields prize for fiction ...

New Carol Shields prize for fiction will award $150,000 to female author

www.theglobeandmail.com

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, to be officially launched later this month, will award $150,000 to a Canadian or U.S. female author, and $12,500 to each of the shortlisted authors. It is one of the richest literary prizes, period

View on Facebook

Atlantic Books Today

2 weeks ago

Top 5 local bestsellers from Indigo, Chapters and Coles in each Atlantic Province

Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press
MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.
Goose Lane Editions
Boulder Books
The Acorn Press
Flanker Press Ltd.
Breakwater Books ...

January 2020: Top 5 Local Sellers from Chapters-Coles-Indigo in each Atlantic Province | Atlantic Books Today

atlanticbookstoday.ca

Check out which books were flying off the shelves in January!

View on Facebook

Latest Comments

1. Greg Zyn Review: Every Little Piece of Me

Every Little Piece of Me is a wonderful book, and the author has done a brilliant job on this book. The composing is sensational, and the primary plot ties together…
2. Chris Benjamin Excerpt: Transplanted – My Cystic Fibrosis Double-Lung Transplant Story, by Allison Watson

Hi Emily, Thanks for the heads up on the mailing list and will look into it. Karalee
3. Emily Liot Excerpt: Transplanted – My Cystic Fibrosis Double-Lung Transplant Story, by Allison Watson

Your sign in for the mailing list will not accept my e-mail address.
4. Jordan RiverWheels Read Local Month: Louisbourg or Bust

My enthusiasm for reading is evident by the fact that I have read this book. I try to read every book that I come across as I think it increases…
5. Andrey Colouring Books Are for Grownups

I love colouring books so much. Usually buy them from chapters, but these collection looks so fine. I'll get one for myself and wifey this Valentines!