Richardson Award

The Richardson Award, also known as the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Award, is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, to the best work of adult non-fiction published in the previous year by a writer from Nova Scotia.

Winners

*1978 - Harry Bruce, "Lifeline: the story of the Atlantic ferries and coastal boats"
*1979 - Alden Nowlan, "Double Exposure"
*1980 - Joan Payzant and L.J. Payzant, "Like a Weaver's Shuttle: a history of the Halifax-Dartmouth ferries"
*1981 - Kay Hill, "Joe Howe: the man who was Nova Scotia"
*1982 - Bruce Armstrong, "Sable Island"
*1983 - J. Murray Beck, "Joseph Howe: Volume 1, conservative reformer, 1804-1848"
*1984 - Brian C. Cuthbertson, "The Loyalist Governor: biography of Sir John Wentworth"
*1985 - Lilias M. Toward, "Mabel Bell: Alexander's silent partner"
*1986 - P. B. Waite, "The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister"
*1987 - Tony Foster, "Meeting of Generals"
*1988 - Harold Horwood, "Dancing on the Shore: a celebration of life at Annapolis Basin"
*1989 - Dean Jobb, "Shades of Justice: seven Nova Scotia murder cases"
*1990 - Judith Fingard, "Dark side of life in Victorian Halifax"
*1991 - Harry Thurston, "Tidal Life: a natural history of the Bay of Fundy"
*1992 - Robert Pope, "Illness and healing: images of cancer"
*1993 - Sally Ross and Alphonse Deveau, "The Acadians of Nova Scotia: past and present"
*1994 - Peter Brock, "Variations on a Planet"
*1995 - Elizabeth Pacey, "Landmarks: Historic Buildings of Nova Scotia"
*1996 - Simone Poirier-Bures, "That Shining Place"
*1997 - Harry Thurston, "The Nature of Shorebirds: Nomads of the Wetlands"
*1998 - Harry Bruce, "An Illustrated History of Nova Scotia"
*1999 - Silver Donald Cameron, "The Living Beach"
*2000 - Robin Metcalfe, "Studio Rally"
*2001 - Joan Baxter, "A Serious Pair of Shoes: An African Journal"
*2002 - Kent Thompson, "Getting Out of Town by Book and Bike"
*2003 - Stephen Kimber, "Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War"
*2004 - Harry Thurston, "Island of the Blessed: the Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis"
*2005 - Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle, "A Dune Adrift"