Peacock won the non-fiction award for his debut book, "Creatures of the Rock: A Veterinarian's Adventures in Newfoundland," while McGrath won the E. J. Pratt Award for "Escape Velocity."
Other finalists in the non-fiction category were Alan Doyle and Janet Merlo; other finalists for the poetry award were Michael Crummey and Mary Dalton.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards are sponsored by the Literary Arts Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, and administered by the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador.
See full story in tomorrow's Telegram.