For a second year, the Nova Scotia Book Awards were presented at a stand-alone event on June 5.

Awards in five categories were given out.

George Borden Writing for Change Award

•  Elder Sister Dorothy Moore, A Journey of Love and Hope (Nimbus Publishing)

Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award

• El Jones,  Abolitionist Intimacies (Fernwood Publishing)

Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award

• Sylvia D. Hamilton, Tender (Gaspereau Press)

Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction

• Alexander MacLeod, Animal Person (McClelland and Stewart/Penguin Random House Canada)

Margaret and John Savage First Book Award (Non-Fiction)

• Mandy Rennehan, The Blue Collar CEO: My Gutsy Journey from Rookie Contractor to Multi-Millionaire Construction Boss (Collins/HarperCollins)

The Nova Scotia Book Awards is a partnership between the Dartmouth Books Awards Committee and the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, with support from the Atlantic Book Awards Society.