The Fiddlehead and the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick are pleased to announce the winners of the third annual New Brunswick Book Awards, which were handed out at an awards presentation at the Lily Lake Pavilion in Saint John on Friday, June 8. A total of 36 total submissions were received. Congratulations to all the nominees, and thanks again to the judges: Angie Abdou, Sheree Fitch, Susan Gillis, and Andrew Westoll!
The winners, who each received $500 prizes, are as follows:
The Mrs. Dunster's Award for Fiction
Taapoategl & Pallet: A Mi’Kmaq Journey of Loss and Survival by Peter J. Clair of Tobique (Chapel Street Editions)
Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children’s Writing
Take off to Tantramar by Odette Barr of Petit-Cap, Colleen Landry of Moncton, and Beth Weatherbee of Baie Verte (Chocolate River Publishing)
The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize
Everything We’ve Loved Comes Back to Find Us by Allan Cooper of Riverview (Gaspereau Press)
Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction
The Homing Place by Rachel Bryant of Saint John (Wilfrid Laurier University Press)
CBC Saint John host Hance Colborn was our MC
Peter J. Clair
Odette Barr, Colleen Landry, and Beth Weatherbee,
Allan Cooper
Rachel Bryant
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