2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner

Mordecai: The Life & Times
Charles Foran
Forans book is IT: the definitive, detailed, intimate portrait of Mordecai Richler, the lion of Canadian literature, and the turbulent, changing times that nurtured him. It is also an extraordinary love story that lasted half a century. The first major bi…
2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Shortlist

Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America’s Great Forests
Andrew Nikiforuk

Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867-1891
Richard Gwyn

The Damned: The Canadians at the Battle of Hong Kong and the POW Experience, 1941-45
Nathan M. Greenfield
