2012 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

Leonardo and the Last Supper

Ross King

For more than five centuries The Last Supper has been an artistic, religious and cultural icon. The art historian Kenneth Clark called it the keystone of European art, and for a century after its creation it was regarded as nothing less than a miraculous…

A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring

Nahlah Ayed

Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest

Wade Davis

The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca

Carol Bishop-Gwyn

What We Talk About When We Talk About War

Noah Richler