Atlantic Book Awards Gala

Wednesday, June 7, at 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Atlantic Book Awards Gala
Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library

The culmination of the Atlantic Book Awards Festival is the Atlantic Book Awards Gala. Six book awards, including one of Canada’s biggest book prizes, the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, valued at $30,000, will be presented.

• Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction

• Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children’s Literature

• APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book

• Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing

• J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award

• Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award

Featuring live music, light refreshments, cash bar, and special guest authors. The ceremony will be hosted by author and journalist Lindsay Ruck (Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians). Nominated books will be available for sale from Bookmark Halifax.

Tickets are $20.

The awards ceremony will also be live-streamed so book lovers across the region and beyond can join in the celebration. Find the live steam here or at www.atlanticbookawards.ca.

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