ANNOUNCEMENT: 2023 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards Shortlist
September 14, 2023
WritersNL is ecstatic to share this year’s shortlist for the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards (NLBAs). The Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards are held annually by WritersNL to recognize excellence in writing by authors residing in Newfoundland and Labrador, and WritersNL hopes you can join us for this year’s Awards Ceremonies. Shortlist authors are listed alphabetically by last name below. Congrats, folks! • The Debt by Andreae Callanan • Passengers by Michael Crummey • Lurch by Don McKay
The 2023 awards honour two categories – the E.J. Pratt Family Poetry Award, and the Power Family Non-Fiction Award.The 2023 E.J. Pratt Family Poetry NL Book Award Shortlist
The 2023 Power Family Non-Fiction NL Book Award Shortlist
• Rock Paper Sex Volume 2: Trigger Warning by Kerri Cull• Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge, Chapter III: Miawpukek – The Middle River by Pam Hall, Jerry Evans 
Join us for the 2023 NLBAs!
Both readings + winner announcement events will be held in St. John’s at the A.C. Hunter Public Library.
The 2023 NLBAs will be broadcast by RogersTV and hosted by Laurabel Mba (pictured to the right).
• The E.J. Pratt Family Poetry Award readings + winner announcement will take place on
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 @ 6:00 p.m. NST
Click here to register to tune in via Webex livestream.
• The Power Family Non-Fiction Award readings + winner announcement will take place on
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 @ 6:00 p.m. NST
Click here to register to tune in via Webex.
Click here to RSVP to the NLBAs via Facebook. See you there!
Times and Locations
September 14, 2023
12:00 pm
