and the winners are.... Atlantic Book Awards 2009

The 2009 Atlantic Book Awards

were announced last evening. 

And the winners are...

Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing: Halifax at War, by William D. Naftel

Dartmouth Book Award for non-Fiction: Halifax at War, by William D. Naftel

Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction: Falling, Ann Simpson

Margaret and John Savage First Book Award: Evidence, by Ian Colford

Best Published Atlantic Book Award: Up Home, by Shauntay Grant (shared with publisher Nimbus Publishing)

Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration: Up Home, illustrated by Susan Tooke

The Mayor's Award for Excellence in Book Illustration. The Terrible, Horrible, Smelly Pirate (Nimbus Publishing)  Eric Orchard, illustrator

Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award: Before Green Gables (Penguin) by Budge Wilson

Mayor's Award for Literary Achievement: Dan Soucoup - Nimbus Publishing.