Congratulations to Lauren Soloy 🎉 . author 📷 credit: Jai Soloy @atlanticbookawards.bsky.social

Congratulations to AC Board member Stephen Kimber on being honoured with the 2026 Atlantic Legacy award as part of last week's Atlantic Book Awards. We additionally celebrate affiliates @suegoyette.bsky.social & @sarahemsley.bsky.social who were also among this year's award winners.

Watch the awards live! We start at 7! Who’s gonna win?!?!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcSP...

Hope you can join us!

Join us for Fiction Fête! as we celebrate Atlantic fiction authors with a showcase of readings from the Atlantic Book Awards nominees!

tonight!

Thank you for coming last night!

And the TOP 10 are... Vote now and see who's on our longest for the Atlantic Independent Booksellers Readers’ Choice Award!

Voting for round 1 closes tonight! Then we'll know the top 10 on Monday!

Who do you think should win the 2026 Readers' Choice Award?

Coming at you 9-5 this Saturday for Indie Bookstore Day! We’ll have some great sales, the Libro.fm golden ticket, some fun giveaways, and probably some other cool things i haven’t even thought of yet that you’ll see when you come visit!

Nominations are now open! Who has left a legacy to you? We Are Currently Seeking Nominations For The 2026 Legacy Award.

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Watch live! www.youtube.com/live/pyWTGYP...

Enslavers of the Maritimes by Brenda J Thompson @lamoutonnoir.bsky.social, is nominated for the George Borden Writing for Change Award! Published by Moose House Publications. Celebrate all nominees at the Nova Scotia Book Awards tonight! Monday, June 2nd. Streaming live starts at 7 pm. Link in bio!

The Majestic Sisters by @jessailse.bsky.social  is nominated for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award!  Come celebrate all nominees at the Nova Scotia Book Awards tonight! Monday, June 2nd. Published by @nimbuspub.bsky.social

Pearly Everlasting by @tammyarmstrong.bsky.social , is nominated for the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction!  Come celebrate all nominees at the Nova Scotia Book Awards on Monday, June 2nd. Published by @harpercollins.bsky.social

Ox Lost, Snow Deep  by @aliceburdick.bsky.social, is nominated for the Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award!  Come celebrate all nominees at the NS Book Awards on Mon, June 2. Hear Alice read this Wed Live at The Carleton Hosted by Tara Thorne. Published by @anvilpress.bsky.social

Let's take a peek at this beautiful poetry by Annick! Votive by @thisisannick.bsky.social is nominated for BOTH the Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award & the J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award. Hear Annick read live on Wed, June 4th at Poetry Reading: Live at The Carleton Hosted by Tara Thorne.

Threshold by @cbruneau83.bsky.social is nominated for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award!  You can hear Carol read live on Wednesday, June the at Fiction Fête! 7PM at the Chester Playhouse and hosted by Sarah Hampson! Published by @nimbuspub.bsky.social atlanticbookawards.ca

Do you have your tickets yet?

The End of Always by @rebeccaphillips.bsky.social is nominated for the Ann Connor Brimer Award!  You can hear Rebecca read live on Tuesday, June 3rd at YA! Meet The Authors at The MacPhee Centre For Creative Learning! Hosted by @digitallylit.bsky.social Nova Scotian Youth Ambassador Jorja Walker

Vigil by @susieisnothere.bsky.social is nominated for the Alistair MacLeod Prize & the Thomas Raddall Fiction Award!  You can hear Susie read live on Tuesday, June 3rd at An Evening of Short Stories Hosted by Alexander MacLeod or on Wednesday, June 4th at Fiction Fête! At The Chester Playhouse.

You Owe Me One, Universe by @chadgalucas.bsky.social, is nominated for the Ann Connor Brimer Award!  Come hear Chad read live this Tues at YA! Meet The Authors at The MacPhee Centre For Creative Learning. Hosted by Nova Scotian @digitallylit.bsky.social Youth Ambassador Jorja Walker.

A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue by @deanjobb.bsky.social,  is nominated for Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award!  Come hear Dean read live this Thursday night at: An Evening of Non-Fiction at Kings Alumni Hall this Thursday, May 29th, at 7:00 PM.

Hell of a Ride by @martinbauman.com is nominated for BOTH the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award and the Evelyn Richardson Award. Come hear Martin read this Thur at: An Evening of Non-Fiction at Kings Alumni Hall this Thursday, May 29, at 7PM. Published by @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social

Who do you think should win the 2025 Readers' Choice Award? Round one of voting is open and there's still time to nominate!

See you at The Chester Playhouse on June 4th for Fiction Fête! Celebrate Atlantic fiction authors with a showcase of readings from the nominees! @gooddogbooks.bsky.social will be joining us have these nominated books for sale!

See you there!

It’s #CanadianIndependentBookstoreDay! Q&Q polled booksellers across the country to find out which Canadian-published titles. Sackville, New Brunswick’s Tidewater Books & Browsery recommends Felt by @mark.blagrave #shoplocal #BuyCanadian #CanLit @cormorantbooks @tidewater.books bit.ly/44DSwuo

Go buy my book at an indie bookstore and celebrate both!

I am so lucky to get a chance to read and share Digitally Lit work with everyone, be sure to like and follow to follow along with my journey! @digitallylit.bsky.social

Very grateful that my book Ox Lost, Snow Deep is on the shortlist for the Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award, alongside @thisisannick.bsky.social (Votive) and Cory Lavender (Come One Thing Another). Thanks @writersfedofns.bsky.social @atlanticbookawards.bsky.social & Nova Scotia Book Awards!

Congratulations to Dr. Annick MacAskill on 2 #poetry award nominations for 'Votive' (@gaspereaupress.bsky.social, 2024): #1 - J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award; the June 5 @atlanticbookawards.bsky.social gala is at #HalifaxCentral Library and online. #2 - see below. 🏆🏆 Happy #NationalPoetryMonth!

We've arrived, and indeed, the sky is blue. Hi, @krbyggdin.bsky.social

Atlantic Legacy Award 2025 nominations now open! Submissions and Guidelines: atlanticbookawards.ca/the-atlantic... Image feating out 2024 Winner: Gloria Ann Wesley