1999 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

Water

Marq de Villiers

Examines the political and ecological consequences of the uses and misuses of water as increasing demands threaten the global supply–issues compounded by decreasing water table levels and rampant pollution….

Baltimore’s Mansion – A Memoir

Wayne Johnston

Paper Shadows – A Chinatown Childhood

Wayson Choy

Surpassing Wonder – The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds

Donald Harman Akenson

William Osler – A Life in Medicine

Michael Bliss