2025 Atlantic Book Awards announces six winners

The warmest and most joyous applause for Susie Taylor, author of Vigil and winner of the 2025 Alistair MacLeod Award for Short Fiction.
June 11, 2025
Atlantic Canadian authors and publishers were celebrated at the 2025 Atlantic Book Awards gala on Thursday, June 6th, in Paul O’Regan Hall at Halifax Central Library. The recipients of six awards – including the $30,000 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, one of the largest literary awards in the country – were revealed at the evening gala, which was hosted by CBC Television host Amy Smith.