March 4, 2010. Yesterday the 2010 nominees for the 11 Atlantic Books Awards were announced by the Atlantic Books Awards Society.

We offer our congratulations to several of our publishers and authors who have had their books nominated for an award:

Trudy J Morgan-Cole & Breakwater Books Ltd - By the Rivers of Brooklyn - for the APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Award

Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen & Gaspereau Press - Lean-To - for the Atlantic Poetry Prize

Zachariah Wells & Biblioasis - Track & Trace - for the Atlantic Poetry Prize

George Elliot Clarke & Goose Lane Editions - / & / - for the Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction)

Anna Quon & Invisible Publishing - Migration Songs - for the Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction)

Greg Cochkanoff, Bob Chaulk & Goose Lane Editions - SS Atlantic: The White Star Line's First Disaster at Sea - for the Dartmouth Book Award (Non-fiction) and the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing

Mike Heffernan & Creative Publishing - Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster - for the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing

Kathy (HildaRose) Kaulbach & Creative Publishing - Johnny and the Gipsy Moth by Deannie Sullivan-Fraser - for the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Illustration

Binnie Brennan & Quattro Books - Harbour View - for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award

The 2010 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival runs from Saturday April 10 - Sunday April 18. There will be free literary events happening all around Atlantic Canada. Winners will be announced at a celebration in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Wednesday April 14 at 7.00 pm. For more information on the awards or to see a complete listing of the nominees, go here.