Don’t miss the chance to meet the 2026 J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award nominees at The Carleton at 7 pm, Wednesday, June 3rd. Poets will be reading from their nominated books! Bookmark will sell the nominated titles, and authors will be available for book signings. Tickets for this very special event are only $13.16 + HST = $15.00 all in.
Featuring:
- Leigh Faulkner,Yes Is The Only Word the Earth Understands, Owl’s Head Press
- Sue Goyette,Future Howl, Gaspereau Press
- Natalie Rice,Nightjar, Gaspereau Press
- Rebecca Salazar,antibody, McClelland & Stewart
- Christine Wu,Familial Hungers, Brick Books
The J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award was established in 1998 through the combined efforts of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, poets, publishers, and post-secondary institutions, who raised funds to annually honour the best book of poetry by an Atlantic Canadian. In 2014, the award was renamed the J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award after the legacy of Father Joseph Murray Abraham.
One prize ($2,000) is awarded each year for a book of poetry that was written by a full-time resident of Atlantic Canada and published or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to the submission deadline. The J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award is administered through the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia.