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Atlantic Book Awards

The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award administered by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival for the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces. The prize honours Thomas Head Raddall and is supported by an endowment he willed to it. The award is currently worth $30,000, with additional finalists receiving $500 each.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Writer Title Ref.
1991 Wayne Johnston The Divine Ryans
1992 Herb Curtis The Last Tasmanian
1993 John Steffler The Afterlife of George Cartwright
1994 David Adams Richards For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
1995 Bernice Morgan Waiting for Time
1996 M. T. Dohaney A Marriage of Masks
1997 Alfred Silver Acadia
1998 Shree Ghatage Awake When All the World Is Asleep
Edward Riche Rare Birds
1999 Wayne Johnston The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
Lynn Coady Strange Heaven
Don Hannah The Wise and Foolish Virgins
David Adams Richards The Bay of Love and Sorrows

2000s

Year Writer Title Ref.
2000 Alistair MacLeod No Great Mischief
Carmelita McGrath Stranger Things Have Happened
Donna Morrissey Kit's Law
2001 Carol Bruneau Purple for Sky
Robert Finley The Accidental Indies
David Adams Richards Mercy Among the Children
2002 Michael Crummey River Thieves
Linda Little Strong Hollow
Anne Simpson Canterbury Beach
2003 Donna Morrissey Downhill Chance
Christy Ann Conlin Heave
Susan Goyette Lures
2004 Kenneth J. Harvey The Town That Forgot How to Breathe
Leo McKay Jr. Twenty-Six
David Adams Richards River of the Brokenhearted
2005 Edward Riche The Nine Planets
Kelly Cooper Eyehill
Michael Winter The Big Why
2006 Donna Morrissey Sylvanus Now
George Elliott Clarke George & Rue
Lisa Moore Alligator
2007 Linda Little Scotch River
Wayne Johnston The Custodian of Paradise
Ami McKay The Birth House
2008 Don Hannah Ragged Islands
Bernice Morgan Cloud of Bone
David Adams Richards The Lost Highway
2009 Douglas Arthur Brown Quintet
Ian Colford Evidence
Sara Tilley Skin Room

2010s

Year Writer Title Ref.
2010 Shandi Mitchell Under This Unbroken Sky
Michael Crummey Galore
Linden MacIntyre The Bishop's Man
2011 Kathleen Winter Annabel
Alexander MacLeod Light Lifting
Beth Powning The Sea Captain's Wife
2012 David Adams Richards Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul
Valerie Compton The Road
Heather Jessup The Lightning Field
2013 Russell Wangersky Whirl Away
Keir Lowther Dirty Bird
Donna Morrissey The Deception of Livvy Higgs
2014 William Kowalski The Hundred Hearts
Shashi Bhat The Family Took Shape
Ed Kavanagh Strays
2015 Darren Greer Just Beneath My Skin
Michael Crummey Sweetland
David Adams Richards Crimes Against My Brother
2016 R. W. Gray Entropic
Elisabeth de Mariaffi The Devil You Know
Mark Anthony Jarman Knife Party at the Hotel Europa
2017 Donna Morrissey The Fortunate Brother
Darren Greer Advocate
Ami McKay The Witches of New York
2018 Oisín Curran Blood Fable
Carol Bruneau A Bird on Every Tree
Sarah Faber All Is Beauty Now
2019 Lisa Moore Something for Everyone
Sharon Bala The Boat People
Elisabeth de Mariaffi Hysteria

2020s

Year Writer Title Ref.
2020 Michael Crummey The Innocents
Jaime Burnet Crocuses Hatch from Snow
Shandi Mitchell The Waiting Hours
2021 Anne Simpson Speechless
Bridget Canning Some People's Children
Morgan Murray Dirty Birds
2022 Michelle Butler Hallett Constant Nobody
David Huebert Chemical Valley
Sharon Robart-Johnson Jude and Diana
2023 K.R. Byggdin Wonder World
Bobbi French The Good Women of Safe Harbour
Lisa Moore This Is How We Love
2024 Michelle Porter A Grandmother Begins the Story
Violet Browne This Is the House That Luke Built
Charlene Carr Hold My Girl
Amanda Peters The Berry Pickers
William Ping Hollow Bamboo

References

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  2. "Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award". Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  3. Val Ross, "Johnston's Divinely novel scores fiction prize 'People were belly-laughing and it was loud'". The Globe and Mail, June 15, 1991.
  4. "Wright, Orca honoured". The Globe and Mail, June 30, 1992.
  5. "Raddall, Richardson awards presented". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 5, 1993.
  6. "Raddall prize story rooted in everyday life". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, October 28, 1994.
  7. "Morgan earns book prize". Halifax Daily News, September 22, 1995.
  8. "Masks reveals gift for details: NB's Dohaney winner of Raddall fiction award". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 27, 1996.
  9. Marilyn Smulders, "Silver wins fiction prize for novel of Acadia's past". Halifax Daily News, September 30, 1997.
  10. "Trio of literary awards". Halifax Daily News, May 15, 1998.
  11. "Local authors short-listed for awards". The Telegram, April 24, 1998.
  12. Marilyn Smulders, "The Rock dominates local literary awards: Cameron the only mainlander to walk away with Atlantic Canadian Literary Award". Halifax Daily News, May 29, 1999.
  13. "Atlantic Writing Award nominees announced". Halifax Daily News, April 24, 1999.
  14. "UNB professor wins regional literary award". The Daily Gleaner, June 1, 2000.
  15. "Time for books: Local awards consolidated in special week". Halifax Daily News, April 28, 2000.
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  19. "Four Goose Lane books nominated for this year's Atlantic Book Awards". The Daily Gleaner, April 27, 2002.
  20. ^ Paul Chafe, "Donna Morrissey". The Canadian Encyclopedia, April 10, 2007.
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  24. Paul Chafe, "Edward Riche". The Canadian Encyclopedia, June 3, 2007.
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  26. "2006 Atlantic Book Awards nominees announced". Telegraph-Journal, April 11, 2006.
  27. "Scotch River by Linda Little wins Atlantic book of the year". CBC Arts, May 12, 2007.
  28. Stephen Clare, "Celebrating our own; Atlantic Book Festival launches week-long celebration; Bernard Riordon and David Adams Richards up for big prizes". Telegraph-Journal, May 5, 2007.
  29. "Beaverbrook story takes 2 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Arts, May 13, 2008.
  30. "CBC journalists among nominees for Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Arts, April 16, 2008.
  31. Rodger J. Moran, "Douglas Arthur Brown". The Canadian Encyclopedia, November 3, 2011.
  32. "N.S. novelist wins Atlantic book prize". CBC News Nova Scotia, April 15, 2010.
  33. "Winter wins Atlantic Book Award". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 20, 2011.
  34. Jeanne Whitehead, "Powning nominated for Atlantic Fiction Award". Kings County Record, April 5, 2011.
  35. "Atlantic Fiction Prize shortlist announced". Telegraph-Journal, June 16, 2012.
  36. "Wangersky wins fiction award for ‘Whirl Away’". The Telegram, September 23, 2013.
  37. Maria Siassina, "WFNS Literary Awards shortlists revealed". Quill & Quire, June 10, 2013.
  38. "Kowalski, Kimber, Domanski take home East Coast Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, September 21, 2014.
  39. "Nova Scotia writers sweep East Coast Literary Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 23, 2014.
  40. "East Coast Literary Awards celebrate authors". Atlantic Books Today, June 8, 2015.
  41. "Richards earns nomination for East Coast Literary Award". Miramichi Leader, May 6, 2015.
  42. Becky Robertson, "Awards: R.W. Gray, Sue Goyette, Gary L. Saunders win 2016 East Coast Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, June 8, 2016.
  43. Sue Carter, "Dean Jobb, Sue Goyette, Elisabeth de Mariaffi among East Coast Literary Award nominees". Quill & Quire, May 4, 2016.
  44. "Donna Morrissey, Jennifer Houle, and Erin Wunker win 2017 East Coast Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, June 1, 2017.
  45. Becky Robertson, "Darren Greer, Ami McKay, Erin Wunker among East Coast Literary Awards nominees". Quill & Quire, April 20, 2017.
  46. Tara Thorne, "Your 2018 Atlantic Book Award winners". The Coast, May 11, 2018.
  47. Norma Jean MacPhee, "Cape Breton couple to duke it out for same Atlantic Book Award". CBC News Nova Scotia, March 29, 2018.
  48. Ryan Porter, "Lisa Moore wins $25,000 fiction award at Atlantic Book Awards". Quill & Quire, June 10, 2019.
  49. Jane van Koeverden, "Lisa Moore, Elisabeth de Mariaffi & Sharon Bala shortlisted for $25K prize for Atlantic Canadian fiction". CBC Arts, May 2, 2019.
  50. Sue Carter, "Ami McKay, Gemma Hickey double winners at Atlantic Book Awards". Quill & Quire, July 2, 2020.
  51. Samraweet Yohannes, "Sheree Fitch among finalists for 2020 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, June 2, 2020.
  52. Alex Cook, "Atlantic Book Awards Announce 2021 Winners". The East Magazine, May 14, 2021.
  53. Stephen Cooke, "Family history of Acadian Expulsion top nominee for 2021 Atlantic Book Awards". SaltWire Network, April 16, 2021.
  54. Cassandra Drudi, "2022 Atlantic Book Awards winners announced". Quill & Quire, June 9, 2022.
  55. "Halifax poet and author David Huebert among finalists for 2022 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, April 26, 2022.
  56. Morgan Mullin (June 8, 2023). "The speech that stole the show at this year's Atlantic Book Awards". The Coast.
  57. "Bridget Canning, Lisa Moore and Annick MacAskill among finalists for 2023 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, April 25, 2023.
  58. Cassandra Drudi, "Michelle Porter, Jack Wong among Atlantic Book Award winners". Quill & Quire, June 6, 2024.
  59. "The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters makes the shortlist for 3 Nova Scotia and Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, April 18, 2024.

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