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The party’s over!
This year’s Connecticut Book Awards are over but we want to thank the Hartford Public Library for being such a generous host, our emcee Ann Nyberg for being a consummate professional, our keynote speaker Philip Caputo for making us thoughtful, our guests for their support, our finalists for being so very gracious and our winners for their enthusiasm.
Winners of the 2019 Connecticut Book Awards
Poetry
Cortney Davis, Taking Care of Time | Wheelbarrow Press
Nonfiction
Andrew Kahrl, Free the Beaches | Yale University Press
Young Readers: Fiction
Susan Hood, Lifeboat 12 | Simon & Schuster
Young Readers: Nonfiction
Karen Romano Young, Shark Quest: Protecting the Ocean’s Top Predators | Lerner Publishing Group
Young Readers: Picture Book
Wendell Minor, Night Train, Night Train | Charlesbridge Publishing
Fiction
Amy Bloom, White Houses | Random House
The Bruce Fraser Spirit of Connecticut Award
Christopher Wigren, Connecticut Architecture, Stories of 100 Places | Wesleyan University Press
Thank you!
Thank you to our sponsors and patrons for supporting the 2019 Connecticut Book Awards. We appreciate your generosity.
Sponsors
Patrons
Scribe
Leah Hartman
Helen Higgins
Elaine McDonald
Aimee Monroy-Smith
James Tilney
Friend
Kat Lyons
Robert Roggeveen
Lew Wallace
Nancy Weiss