The Evelyn Richardson Memorial Non-Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the
Atlantic Book Awards & Festival
The Atlantic Book Awards & Festival is an annual event celebrating Atlantic Canadian writing and book illustration. Free events take place across the four Atlantic provinces (Newfoundland & Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Sc ...
, to the best work of adult non-fiction published in the previous year by a writer from
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces (), is the list of regions of Canada, region of Eastern Canada comprising four provinces: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. As of 2021, the landma ...
. It is the oldest literary award in the region and is considered the most prestigious for a work of non-fiction. The award was named to honour
Evelyn M. Richardson.
Winners
*1978 -
Harry Bruce, ''Lifeline: the Story of the Atlantic Ferries and Coastal Boats''
*1979 -
Alden Nowlan
Alden Albert Nowlan (; January 25, 1933 – June 27, 1983) was a Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright.
History
Alden Nowlan was born into rural poverty in Stanley, Nova Scotia, adjacent to Mosherville, and close to the small town of Windso ...
, ''Double Exposure''
*1980 -
Joan Payzant and
L.J. Payzant, ''Like a Weaver's Shuttle: a history of the Halifax-Dartmouth ferries''
*1981 -
Kay Hill, ''Joe Howe: the Man who was Nova Scotia''
*1982 -
Bruce Armstrong, ''Sable Island''
*1983 -
J. Murray Beck, ''Joseph Howe: Volume 1, Conservative Reformer, 1804-1848''
*1984 -
Brian C. Cuthbertson, ''The Loyalist Governor: Biography of Sir John Wentworth''
*1985 -
Lilias M. Toward, ''Mabel Bell: Alexander's Silent Partner''
*1986 -
P. B. Waite, ''The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister''
*1987 -
Tony Foster, ''Meeting of Generals''
*1988 -
Harold Horwood
Harold Andrew Horwood, CM (November 2, 1923 – April 16, 2006) was a Canadian novelist, non-fiction writer and politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He served as the member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Labrador from 1949 t ...
, ''Dancing on the Shore: a Celebration of Life at Annapolis Basin''
*1989 -
Dean Jobb, ''Shades of Justice: Seven Nova Scotia Murder Cases''
*1990 -
Judith Fingard, ''Dark Side of Life in Victorian Halifax''
*1991 -
Harry Thurston
Harry may refer to:
Television
* ''Harry'' (American TV series), 1987 comedy series starring Alan Arkin
* ''Harry'' (British TV series), 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons
* ''Harry'' (New Zealand TV series), 2013 crime drama starring Oscar K ...
, ''Tidal Life: a natural history of the Bay of Fundy''
*1992 -
Robert Pope, ''Illness and Healing: Images of Cancer''
*1993 -
Sally Ross and
Alphonse Deveau, ''The Acadians of Nova Scotia: Past and Present''
*1994 -
Peter Brock
Peter Geoffrey Brock (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006), known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian motor racing driver. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, al ...
, ''Variations on a Planet''
*1995 -
Elizabeth Pacey, ''Landmarks: Historic Buildings of Nova Scotia''
*1996 -
Simone Poirier-Bures, ''That Shining Place''
*1997 - Harry Thurston, ''The Nature of Shorebirds: Nomads of the Wetlands''
*1998 - Harry Bruce, ''An Illustrated History of Nova Scotia''
*1999 -
Silver Donald Cameron
Silver Donald Cameron (June 21, 1937 – June 1, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, playwright, and university teacher whose writing focused on social justice, nature, and the environment. His 15 books of non-fiction dealt with everything ...
, ''The Living Beach''
*2000 -
Robin Metcalfe, ''Studio Rally''
*2001 -
Joan Baxter, ''A Serious Pair of Shoes: An African Journal''
*2002 -
Kent Thompson, ''Getting Out of Town by Book and Bike''
*2003 -
Stephen Kimber, ''Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War''
*2004 - Harry Thurston, ''Island of the Blessed: the Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis''
*2005 -
Marq de Villiers and
Sheila Hirtle, ''A Dune Adrift''
*2006 -
Linda Johns, ''Birds of a Feather: Tales of a Wild Bird Haven''
*2007 -
Linden MacIntyre
Linden Joseph MacIntyre (born May 29, 1943) is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and novelist. He has won ten Gemini Awards, an International Emmy and numerous other awards for writing and journalistic excellence, including the 2009 Scotiabank G ...
, ''Causeway: A Passage from Innocence''
*2008 -
Marq de Villiers, ''The Witch in the Wind: The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose''
*2009 -
William B. Naftel, ''Halifax at War: Searchlights, Squadrons, and Submarines 1939-1945''
*2010 -
John DeMont, ''Coal Black Heart: The Story of Coal and the Lives it Ruled''
*2011 -
Laura Penny, ''More Money Than Brains: Why Schools Suck, College is Crap, and Idiots Think They're Right''
*2012 - Harry Thurston, ''The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History''
*2013 -
Steven Laffoley, ''Shadowboxing: The Rise and Fall of George Dixon''
*2014 -
Stephen Kimber, ''What Lies Across the Water''
["Kowalski, Kimber, Domanski take home East Coast Literary Awards"]
''Quill & Quire
''Quill & Quire'' is a Canadian magazine about the book and publishing industry. The magazine was launched in 1935 and has an average circulation of 5,000 copies per issue, with a publisher-claimed readership of 25,000. ''Quill & Quire'' reviews ...
'', September 21, 2014.
*2015 -
Kaleigh Trace, ''Hot, Wet, & Shaking: How I Learned to Talk About Sex''
*2016 -
Gary Saunders, ''My Life With Trees''
*2017 -
Erin Wunker, ''Notes from A Feminist Killjoy''
*2018 - John DeMont, ''The Long Way Home: A Personal History of Nova Scotia''
*2019 - Kate Inglis, ''Notes for the Everlost: A Field Guide to Grief''
*2020 -
Ami McKay, ''Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate''
*2021 - Tyler LeBlanc, ''Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion''
*2022 -
Stephen Kimber, ''Alexa!: Changing the Face of Canadian Politics''
*2023 -
El Jones
El Jones is a poet, journalist, professor and activist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was Halifax's Poet Laureate from 2013 to 2015.
Biography
She was born in Wales and grew up in Winnipeg. Her book, ''Live From the Afrikan Resistance!'' ...
, ''Abolitionist Intimacies''
*2024 -
Karen Pinchin, ''Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas''
[Cassandra Drudi]
"Amanda Peters, Karen Pinchin among 2024 Nova Scotia Book Awards winners"
''Quill & Quire
''Quill & Quire'' is a Canadian magazine about the book and publishing industry. The magazine was launched in 1935 and has an average circulation of 5,000 copies per issue, with a publisher-claimed readership of 25,000. ''Quill & Quire'' reviews ...
'', June 5, 2024.
References
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External links
Evelyn Richardson Memorial Award
Awards established in 1978
1978 establishments in Nova Scotia
Atlantic Book Awards
Canadian non-fiction literary awards