2021 Atlantic Book Awards Shortlist
Representing the best in Atlantic writing, illustration and publishing, the Atlantic Book Awards Society is pleased to announce the shortlists for the fourteen different book prizes that make up the 2021 Atlantic Book Awards. The nominated titles represent a wide range of books from Atlantic Canada—everything from hard-hitting non-fiction to illustrated children’s books to adult fiction, and a new poetry award created in 2020 by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia in honour of the late celebrated African-Nova Scotian poet and teacher, Maxine Tynes. Missing from our list is KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF, by Tom Ryan; HUMANIMUS by David Huebert; I TALK LIKE A RIVER, by Sydney Smith; CAPTURING CRIME, by Carol Taylor;
Boy With a Problem
Winter Road
The Appendage Formerly Known as Your Left Arm
and other stories
Annaka
The Grey Sisters
At the Ocean's Edge
A History of Nova Scotia to Confederation
The Miramichi Fire
A History
A Long Journey
Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland
The Forager's Dinner
Finding, harvesting, and preparing Newfoundland & Labrador's edible plants
Dirty Birds
Black Matters
Silver Hair and Golden Voice
Austin Willis, from Halifax to Hollywood
Acadian Driftwood
One Family and the Great Expulsion
Cod Collapse
The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland's Saltwater Cowboys
Blood in the Water
A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes
Before the Parade
A History of Halifax's Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Communities, 1972-1984
Good Mothers Don't
The Spoon Stealer
The Silence of the Vessel
A Novel
Waking Ground
The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt
When Emily Was Small
Aftershock
A Novel
