Atlantic Book AwardsEvelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction

Given by Atlantic Book Awards Society

Other Names: Ann Connor Brimer Award, J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award, Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize, Prince Edward Island Book Award, PEI Book Award, Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Non-fiction, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Fiction, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Illustration, Lillian Shepherd Award for Excellence in Illustration, Jim Connors Book Award, George Borden Writing for Change Award, Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children's Literature, Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction, Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award, Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, Dartmouth Book Awards, Dartmouth Book Award for Non-fiction, Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction, Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association’s Best Atlantic-Published Book Award, Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award, APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book, Ann Connor Brimer Book Award for Atlantic Canadian Children’s Literature, Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
29 Works 518 Books 6 Reviews ½ 3.7
Given out as part of the Atantic Book Awards, the Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award is given annually to a book with stong sales which is somehow connected to the Atlantic region of show more Canada. Members of the Atlantic Booksellers' Association each submit their top three books, with the shortlist being created from the three most nominated titles. The Booksellers then choose a winner from this list. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (203), Finalist (20), Shortlist (256), Nominee (2), No Stage (57)
Categories:
All, APMA Best Atlantic Published Book (38), Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction (12), Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature (51), Artiste de l’année en littérature (1), Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award (27), Bruneau Family Children's/Young Adult Literature Award (2), Ches Crosbie Barristers Fiction Award (1), D250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, Dartmouth Book Award (Non-fiction) (1), Dartmouth Book Award (38), Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction) (9), Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction) (16), Dartmouth Book Award - Fiction (33), Dartmouth Book Award, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award (6), Dartmouth Book Awards (Fiction) (1), Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing (28), Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction) (1), Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction) (1), Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction, Dartmouth Book Awards (Non-Fiction) (1), E.J. Pratt Poetry Award (3), Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction (1), Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award (20), Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction (29), J.M. Abraham Poetry Award (5), Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction) (26), Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Illustration (40), Margaret and John Savage First Book Award (24), Margaret and John Savage First Book Award – Fiction (9), Margaret and John Savage First Book Award – Non-Fiction (5), New Brunswick Book Award for Fiction (2), New Brunswick Book Award for Fiction, Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction (1), New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction (3), Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Fiction (2), Non-Fiction (1), PEI Book Award – Fiction (1), Poetry (6), Prince Edward Island Book Award (2), Prince Edward Island Book Award (Fiction) (2), Prince Edward Island Book Award (Non-Fiction) (1), Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award (1), Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction) (12), Rogers Communications Award for Non-Fiction (3), Scholarly Writing (22), The Bookseller's Choice Award (1), Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize, Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award (1), Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award (1), Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award (45), Westminster Books Award for Poetry (1), No Category (1)
Years:
All, 2008 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1)

No Stage 29

WorkYear
Witch in the Wind: The True Story of Legendary Bluenose by Marq De Villiers2008
Birds of a Feather: Tales of a Wild Bird Haven by Linda Johns2006
Sable Island: The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic by Marq De Villiers2005
Island of the Blessed: The Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis by Harry Thurston2004
Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War by Stephen Kimber2003
Getting out of town by book & bike by Kent Thompson2002
A Serious Pair of Shoes, An African Journal by Joan Baxter2001
Studio Rally: Art and Craft of Nova Scotia by Robin Metcalfe2000
The Living Beach by Silver Donald Cameron1999
Illustrated History of Nova Scotia by Harry Bruce1998
Sch-World of the Shorebirds by Harry Thurston1997
That Shining Place by Simone Poirier-Bures1996
Landmarks : historic buildings of Nova Scotia by Elizabeth Pacey1995
Variations on a Planet by Peter Brock1994
The Acadians of Nova Scotia by Sally Ross1993
Illness & Healing: Images of Cancer by Robert Pope1992
Tidal Life: A Natural History of the Bay of Fundy by Harry Thurston1991
The Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax by Judith Fingard1990
Shades of Justice by Dean Jobb1989
Dancing on the Shore by Harold Horwood1988
Meeting of Generals by Tony Foster1987
The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister by P. B. Waite1986
Mabel Bell: Alexander's silent partner by Lilias Toward1985
The loyalist governor: Biography of Sir John Wentworth by Brian Cuthbertson1984
Conservative reformer, 1804-1848 by J. Murray Beck1983
Sable Island by Bruce Armstrong1982
Like a Weaver's Shuttle: A History of the Halifax-Dartmouth Ferries by Joan M. Payzant1980
Double exposure by Alden Nowlan1979
Lifeline : the story of the Atlantic ferries and coastal boats by Harry Bruce1978

Descriptions

Given out as part of the Atantic Book Awards, the Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award is given annually to a book with stong sales which is somehow connected to the Atlantic region of Canada. Members of the Atlantic Booksellers' Association each submit their top three books, with the shortlist being created from the three most nominated titles. The Booksellers then choose a winner from this list. (English, Member-written)
Administered by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize is awarded annually to the best novel or collection of short stories written by an Atlantic Canadian. (English, Member-written)
The Evelyn Richardson Prize was established by WFNS in 1977, shortly after Richardson’s death, to honour the best published non-fiction written by a native or resident Nova Scotian. (English, Member-written)
In 1990, the Nova Scotia Library Association established the Ann Connor Brimer Award for writers residing in Atlantic Canada who have made an outstanding contribution to children's literature.
http://nsla.ns.ca/aboutnsla/brimeraward.html (English, Member-written)
The Dartmouth Book Awards honour Nova Scotian literature and authors. Three prizes are awarded - one for fiction, one for non-fiction and a 1st book award. (English, Member-written)

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