2005 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed of John the Painter, First Modern
John Vaillant
On a bleak winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence: he destroyed the legendary Golden Spruce of the Queen Charlotte Islands. With its rich colours, towering height and luminous needles,…
2005 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Shortlist
Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books
Ted Bishop
The Incendiary: The Misadventures Terrorist
Jessica Warner
The Molly Fire
Michael Mitchell
