The Fiddlehead and the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick have announced the shortlisted titles for the second annual New Brunswick Book Awards. The winners will be announced at an awards presentation ceremony on Wednesday, May 24, at the University of New Brunswick’s Memorial Hall in Fredericton, NB. The program celebrates books published in the 2016 calendar year and in four categories: poetry (sponsored by The Fiddlehead), fiction, non-fiction, and children’s writing (picture books). The competition is open to traditionally published and self-published authors who have lived in the province for three of the last five years, including the award year. Thanks very much again to our judges!
The finalists are as follows:
The Mrs. Dunster's Award for Fiction
Judge: Robin Maharaj
Riel Nason, All the Things We Leave Behind
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Kerry Lee Powell, Willem De Kooning’s Paintbrush
Publisher: HarperCollins
Roger Moore, Bistro
Publisher: Self-published
Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children’s Writing
Judge: Helaine Becker
Diane Carmel Leger, My Two Grandmothers
Publisher: Nimbus
Jennifer McGrath, The Snow Knows
Publisher: Nimbus
Heidi Jardine Stoddart, Sea Glass Summer
Publisher: Nimbus
The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize
Judge: Jeramy Dodds
Wayne Clifford, The Exile’s Papers
Publisher: Porcupine’s Quill
M. Travis Lane, The Witch of the Inner Wood
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Robert Moore, Based on Actual Events
Publisher: Signal Editions
Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction
Judge: Myrl Coulter
Melynda Jarratt, Letters from Beauly: Pat Hennessy and the Canadian Forestry Corps in Scotland, 1940-1945
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, Shadow of Doubt
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Roslyn Rosenfeld, Lucy Jarvis: Even Stones Have Life
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
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