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2013 Atlantic Book Award Winners Announced

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The Atlantic Book Awards announced the 2013 winners on May 16th in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia at a sold out event hosted by CBC Radio's Louise Renault.

Congratulations to Goose Lane Editions and Breakwater Books on both taking home awards:

The Metamorphosis: The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini by Bruce MacNab (Goose Lane) won the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association's Best Atlantic-Published Book Award

In the Field by Joan Sullivan (Breakwater) won the Rogers Communications Award for Non-Fiction

LPG Publishers Sweep the Doug Wright Awards

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Winners of the 2013 Doug Wright Awards were announded on May 12th as part of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. The awards honour the legacy of the fantastic Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright and recognize the best in English-language comics and graphic novels published in the past year.

Congratulations to:

Michel Rabagliati for winning Best Book for The Song of Roland, published by Conundrum Press

Nina Bunjevac for winning the Spotlight Award for Heartless, published by Conundrum Press

Coach House Books Nominated for a 2013 Libris Award

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The Canadian Booksellers Association recently announced the shortlists for this year's Libris Awards. The Libris Awards are voted on by members of the Canadian book industry and are meant to honour the talent and books that were enjoyed by book buyers and sellers over the past year.

Congratulations to Coach House Books for their nomination in the Small Press category.

The winners will be announced at an awards dinner in Toronto on June 3rd. To view a complete list of the nominees, please visit the CBA website.