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On Monday at Halifax City Hall, publishers, writers and other book lovers gathered for the announcement of the 2018 Atlantic Book Award finalists. Mayor Mike Savage, for whose parents the Margaret and John Savage Book Awards are named, spoke sincerely of his mother’s love of books, poetry and story in his introductory remarks.

Writers  Alexander MacLeod and Donna Morrissey took turns presenting the names of the finalists, their books and publishers.

Nominees had a chance to get to mingle after the formalities. Carol Bruneau is nominated for the Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction) and the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award; Jen Powley is nominated for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award (Non-Fiction).

Here, Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing finalist Karolyn Smardz Frost stands with festival coordinator Laura Carter:

Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award (Non-fiction) finalist Quentin Casey with Joan Baxter, whose The Mill is nominated in four categories: scholarly writing, Dartmouth Book Award (non-fiction), Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, and the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award:

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Award-winning author Donna Morrissey will be at Halifax City Hall on Monday, March 26 at 1:00 pm for a press conference revealing the nominees for this year’s Atlantic Book Awards. Morrissey is a three-time winner of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. Also in attendance will be Aaron Williams, Carol Bruneau, Don Aker, Quentin Casey, Lesley Choyce, Joan Baxter, Brian Tennyson and Angela Doak.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Atlantic Book Awards, which have taken place in all four Atlantic Provinces. New this year, the board of the ABAs is pleased to announce that the three awards provided by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia will be given at this year’s Atlantic Book Awards Gala. Those awards are the Thomas Raddall ($25,000), the JM Abraham Poetry Award ($2,000) and the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award ($2,000).

The 2018 Atlantic Book Awards & Festival takes place May 2 to 10, with shortlisted authors and illustrators featured in events throughout the Atlantic Provinces. The festival culminates on May 10 in the gala at Paul O’Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library, where the recipients of 13 different book awards and the ABAs Pioneer Award will be revealed.

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NOVA SCOTIA

1. The Mill by Joan Baxter (Local Interest)

2. Mona Parsons by Andria Hill-Lehr (Local Interest)

3. Our Maud by Ray Cronin (Local Interest)

4.Run Hide Repeat by Pauline Dakin (Biography)

5. The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

 

 

 

 

NEW BRUNSWICK

1. East Coast Crafted by Whitney Moran and Christopher Reynolds (Local Interest)

2. Waterfalls of New Brunswick: A Guide by Nicholas Guitard (Local Interest)

3. Truth and Honour by Greg Marquis (True Crime)

4.  Irving vs. Irving by Jacques Poitras (Business)

5. Whispers of Mermaids and Wonderful Things by Sheree Fitch (Local Interest)

 

 

 

 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1. Golden Boy by Grant Matheson (Local Interest)

2. Finding Forgiveness by Adrian Smith (Local Interest)

3.Ashes Of My Dreams by Stella Shepherd (Local Interest)

4. Owen Connolly by Leonard Cusack (Local Interset)

5.Little Book Of Prince Edward Island by John Sylvester (Local Interest)

 

 

 

 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

1.Rock Paper Sex by Kerri Cull (Local Interest)

2.We’ll be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night by Joel Hynes (Fiction)

3.Death At The Harbourview Café by Fred Humber (Local Interest)

4. Diary of One Now Dead by Tom Drodge (Local Interest)

5. Most Anything You Please by Trudy Morgan-Cole (Local Interest)

 

 

 

 

PUZZLE BOOKS / COLOURING BOOKS

1.Lexicon Volume 18 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

2. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 1,2,3 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

3.  Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 7,8,9 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

4. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 4,5,6 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

5. Colour Nova Scotia by Julie Anne Babin (Local Interest)

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NOVA SCOTIA

1. The Sea was in Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

2.You Might Be From Canada If … by Michael de Adder (History and Political Science)

3. . 6-12-17 by John Boileau (Local Interest)

4. . The Mill by Joan Baxter (Local Interest)

5. A Newfoundlander in Canada by Alan Doyle (Biography)

 

 

 

NEW BRUNSWICK

1.Waterfalls Of New Brunswick A Guide by Nicolas Guitard (Local Interest)

2. Shadow Of Doubt by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon (True Crime)

3.You Might Be From Canada If… by Michael de Adder (History & Political Science)

4. Eat Delicious by Dennis the Prescott (Cooking)

5. Run Hide Repeat by Pauline Dakin (Biography)

 

 

 

 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1. Golden Boy by Grant Matheson (Local Interest)

2. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Young Readers 9-12)

3. Evelyn by David Weale  and Loretta Campbell (Local Interest)

4.Finding Forgiveness by Adrian Smith (Local Interest)

5. Unpacked by Mo Duffy Cobb (Local Interest)

 

 

 

 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

1. Rock Paper Sex by Kerri Cull (Local Interest)

2. A Newfoundlander in Canada by Alan Doyle (Biography)

3. We’ll be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night by Joel Hynes (Fiction) .

4. Death At The Harbourview Café by Fred Humber (Local Interest)

5. Crying for The Moon by Mary Walsh (Fiction)

 

 

 

 

PUZZLE BOOKS / COLOURING BOOKS

1.Lexicon Volume 18 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

2. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 7,8,9 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

3.  Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 1,2,3 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

4. Colour Nova Scotia by Julie Anne Babin (Local Interest)

5. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 4,5,6 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

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NOVA SCOTIA

1. A Newfoundlander in Canada by Alan Doyle (Biography)

2. 6-12-17 by John Boileau (Local Interest)

3.The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

4. The Little Tree By The Sea by John DeMont and Belle DeMont (Local Interest)

5. Effective Citizen by Graham Steele (History and Political Science)

 

 

 

 

NEW BRUNSWICK

1.A Newfoundlander in Canada by Alan Doyle (Biography)

2. Canadianity by Johnathan Torrens and Jeremy Taggart (Humor)

3. Run, Hide, Repeat by Pauline Dakin (Biography)

4. Something Is Always On Fire by Measha Brueggergosman (Biography)

5 You Might Be From Canada If… by Michael de Adder (History & Political Science)

 

 

 

 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1. Evelyn by David Weale and Loretta Campbell (Local Interest)

2. Golden Boy by Grant Matheson (Local Interest)

3.A Newfoundlander in Canada by Alan Doyle (Biography)

4.Bubba Begonia You’re Such a Lucky Guy by Gerry O’Brien (Local Interest)

5. From Humble Beginnings by Scott D. MacDonald (Local Interest)

 

 

 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

1.A Newfoundlander in Canada by Alan Doyle (Biography)

2. Rock Paper Sex by Kerri Cull (Local Interest)

3. We’ll be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night by Joel Hynes (Fiction)

4. Death At The Harbourview Café by Fred Humber (Local Interest)

5. Christmas in the Harbour by Victoria Barbour (Local Interest)

 

 

PUZZLE BOOKS / COLOURING BOOKS

1.Lexicon Volume 18 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

2. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 7,8,9 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

3.  Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 1,2,3 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

4. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 4,5,6 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

5. Colour Nova Scotia by Julie Anne Babin (Local Interest)

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NOVA SCOTIA

1. Run, Hide, Repeat by Pauline Dakin (Biography)

2.Witches of New York by Ami McKay (Fiction)

3. The Teen Sex Trade by Jade H. Brooks (Biography)

4.The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

5. On South Mountain  by David Cruise (Local Interest)

 

 

 

 

NEW BRUNSWICK

1. Run, Hide, Repeat by Pauline Dakin (Biography)

2.  Witches of New York by Ami McKay (Fiction)

3. First Snow Last Light by Wayne Johnston (Fiction)

4..Waterfalls Of New Brunswick: A Guide by Nicholas Guitard (Local Interest)

5. You Might Be From Canada If… by Michael de Adder (History & Political Science)

 

 

 

 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1.Real Food Good Food by Michael Smith (Cooking)

2.Run, Hide, Repeat by Pauline Dakin (Biography)

3. Witches of New York by Ami McKay (Fiction)

4. Little Book Of Prince Edward Island by John Sylvester (Local Interest)

5. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Young Readers 9-12)

 

 

 

 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

1. The Worst and Best of the Premiers and Some We Never Had by Bill Rowe (Local Interest)

2. Haunted Ground by Dale Jarvis (Local Interest)

3.First Snow Last Light by Wayne Johnston (Fiction)

4.  St. John’s Taxi Chronicles by Joe White (Local Interest)

5. How Ya Getting’ On? by Snook (Local Interest)

 

 

 

 

PUZZLE BOOKS / COLOURING BOOKS

1. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 7,8,9 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

2.  Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 1,2,3 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

3. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 4,5,6 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

4. Colour Nova Scotia by Julie Anne Babin (Local Interest)

5. Nova Scotia Colouring Book by Yolanda Poplawska (Local Interest)

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NOVA SCOTIA

1. The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

2.Witches of New York by Ami McKay (Fiction)

3. The Only Café by Linden MacIntyre (Fiction)

4. . On South Mountain  by David Cruise (Local Interest)

5. You Might Be From Canada If… by Michael de Adder (History & Political Science)

 

 

 

NEW BRUNSWICK

1. Anne Of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Young Readers 9-12)

2.  Witches of New York by Ami McKay (Fiction)

3.Waterfalls Of New Brunswick: A Guide by Nicholas Guitard (Local Interest)

4. Looking For Bootstraps by Donald Savoie (Local Interest)

5. You Might Be From Canada If… by Michael de Adder (History & Political Science)

 

 

 

 

 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1. Anne Of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Young Readers 9-12)

2. Witches of New York by Ami McKay (Fiction)

3. Little Book Of Prince Edward Island by John Sylvester (Local Interest)

4. The Only Café by Linden MacIntyre (Fiction)

5. Finding Forgiveness by Adrian Smith (Local Interest)

 

 

 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

1. Channel Of Peace by Kevin Tuerff (Biography)

2. Crying for The Moon by Mary Walsh (Fiction)

3. Hikes of Eastern Newfoundland by Mary Smyth and Fred Hollingshurst (Local Interest)

4. Smokeroom On The Kyle Written by Ted Russell and Illustrated by Tara Fleming (Local Interest)

5. Cut From The Cloth Of Fogo by Stewart Payne (Local Interest)

 

 

 

 

PUZZLE BOOKS / COLOURING BOOKS

1. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 7,8,9 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

2.  Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 1,2,3 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

3. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 4,5,6 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

4. Colour Nova Scotia by Julie Anne Babin (Local Interest)

5. Nova Scotia Colouring Book by Yolanda Poplawska (Local Interest)

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NOVA SCOTIA

1. The Witches of New York by Ami McKay (Fiction)

2.You Might Be From Canada If… by Michael de Adder (History & Political Science)

3. On South Mountain  by David Cruise (Local Interest)

4. The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

5. The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis by Lance Woolaver (Art)

 

 

 

NEW BRUNSWICK

 1. Witches of New York by Ami McKay (Fiction)

2. Waterfalls Of New Brunswick: A Guide by Nicholas Guitard (Local Interest)

3. Be From Canada If… by Michael de Adder (History & Political Science)

4. Looking for Bootstraps by Donald Savoie (Local Interest)

5. Anne Of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Young Readers 9-12)


 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1. Anne Of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Young Readers 9-12)

2. Finding Forgiveness by Adrian Smith (Local Interest)

3. Unpacked by Mo Duffy Cobb (Local Interest)

4.Witches of New York by Ami McKay (Fiction)

5. After Many Years – LM Montgomery (Editor Carolyn Strom Collins) (Fiction)

 

 

 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

1. Smokeroom On The Kyle Written by Ted Russell and Illustrated by Tara Fleming (Local Interest)

2. Caught by Lisa Moore (Fiction)

3. Crying for The Moon by Mary Walsh (Fiction)

4. Brazil Street by Robert Hunt (Local Interest)

5. Hikes of Eastern Newfoundland by Mary Smyth and Fred Hollingshurst (Local Interest)

 

 

 

 

PUZZLE BOOKS / COLOURING BOOKS

1. Colour Nova Scotia by Julie Anne Babin (Local Interest)

2. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 7,8,9 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

3. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 1,2,3 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

4. Nova Scotia Colouring Book by Yolanda Poplawska (Local Interest)

5. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 4,5,6 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

 

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NOVA SCOTIA

1. The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

2. Be Feel Think Do by Anne Berube (Wellbeing)

3. Crying For The Moon by Mary Walsh (Fiction)

4. Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis by Lance Woolaver (Art)

5. Mary, Mary by Lesley Crewe (Fiction)

 

NEW BRUNSWICK

1. Be Feel Think Do by Anne Berube (Wellbeing)

2. Waterfalls Of New Brunswick: A Guide by Nicholas Guitard (Local Interest)

3. Shadow Of Doubt by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon (True Crime)

4. Eat Delicious by Dennis Prescott (Cooking)

5. Hiking Trails Of New Brunswick by Marianne Eiselt (Local Interest)

 

 

 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1. Unpacked by Mo Duffy Cobb (Local Interest)

2. Finding Forgiveness by Adrian Smith (Local Interest)

3. Island Morning by Rachna Gilmore (Storytime 3-5)

4. The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

5. I’m Not What I Seem by Charlie Rhindress (Local Interest)

 

 

 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

1. Crying For The Moon by Mary Walsh (Fiction)

2. As The Old Folks Would Say by Hubert Furey (Local Interest)

3. Robert Bond: The Greatest Newfoundlander by Ted Rowe (Local Interest)

4. We’ll All Be Burnt In Our Beds Some Night by Joel Thomas Hynes (Fiction)

5. Puffin Patrol by Dawn Baker (Local Interest)

 

PUZZLE BOOKS / COLOURING BOOKS

1. Lexicon Volume 17 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

2. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 1,2,3 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

3.Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 7,8,9 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

4. Colour Nova Scotia by Julie Anne Babin (Local Interest)

5. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 4,5,6 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

 

 

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NOVA SCOTIA

1. The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

2. Promises To Keep by Genevieve Graham (Fiction)

3. I’m Not What I Seem by Charlie Rhindress (Local Interest)

4. Mary, Mary by Lesley Crewe (Fiction)

5. Anne Of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Young Readers 9-12)

 

 

 

NEW BRUNSWICK

1. Eat Delicious by Dennis Prescott (Cooking)

2. Shadow Of Doubt by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon (True Crime)

3. Waterfalls Of New Brunswick A Guide by Nicholas Guitard (Local Interest)

4. Anne Of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Young Readers 9-12)

5. Hiking Trails Of New Brunswick by Marianne Eiselt (Local Interest)

 

 

 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

1. Anne Of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (Young Readers 9-12)

2. Over By The Car by David Weale (Local Interest)

3. Little Book Of Prince Edward Island by John Sylvester (Local Interest)

4. Prince Edward Island ABC by Dale McNevin (Local Interest)

5. The Sea Was In Their Blood by Quentin Casey (Local Interest)

 

 

 

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

1. Crying For The Moon by Mary Walsh (Fiction)

2. As The Old Folks Would Say by Hubert Furey (Local Interest)

3. The Greatest Hits Of Wanda Jaynes by Bridget Canning (Fiction)

4. We’ll All Be Burnt In Our Beds Some Night by Joel Thomas Hynes (Fiction)

5. Robert Bond: The Greatest Newfoundlander by Ted Rowe (Local Interest)

 

 

 

PUZZLE BOOKS / COLOURING BOOKS

1. Colour Nova Scotia by Julie Anne Babin (Local Interest)

2. Lexicon Volume 17 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

3. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 7,8,9 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

4. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 1,2,3 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)

5. Big Book Of Lexicon Volumes 4,5,6 by Theresa Williams (Local Interest)