Tuesday, December 24

1996 Awards

1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1996 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Unconscious CivilizationJohn Ralston SaulIn this intellectual tour de force John Ralston Saul argues that our society is only superficially based on the individual and democracy, and the West now toils unconsciously in the grip of a stifling “corporatist” structure that serves the needs of busine...Amazon1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistA Blue Boy in a Black DressT.F. RigelhofAmazonAfter the First DeathLake SagarisAmazonThe Convict LoverMerilyn SimondsAmazonThe Home TeamRoy MacGregorAmazon
1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1996 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerApostrophes: Woman at a PianoE.D. Blodgett...Amazon1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistClimate and the AffectionsCrispin ElstedAmazonFootnotes to the Book of JobElizabeth BrewsterAmazonSearch ProceduresErin MouréAmazonShadow WeatherCharles LillardAmazon
1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

1996 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerStone and AshesLinda Gaboriau...Amazon1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistFor Orchestra and Solo PoetD.G. JonesAmazonIn VitroShelley TeppermanAmazonOstendSheila FischmanAmazon
1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books

1996 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerThe Rooster's GiftEric BeddowsYoung Rooster thinks his gift is making the sun rise, until one morning when the sun rises without him....Amazon1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistGruntle Piggle Takes OffJohnny WalesAmazonSody SalleratusAlan and Lea DanielAmazonThe Wise WashermanWang KuiAmazonWhatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe!Werner ZimmermannAmazon
1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text

1996 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerGhost TrainPaul YeeThis enhanced e-book, in celebration of Groundwoods 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by Molly Johnson. Winner of the Governor Generals Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrators Award, the Elizabeth Mrazik-...Amazon1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistBottom DrawerDavid BoydAmazonGlory Days and Other StoriesGillian ChanAmazonKeriJan AndrewsAmazonThe Fabulous SongDon GillmorAmazon
1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerJustineAlice ThompsonWhen an art collector comes upon a portrait of an unforgettable woman, he finds himself searching all over London to locate her, but he soon discovers more than he had anticipated when his quest leads him to identical twins. Reprint....AmazonLast Orders: A NovelGraham SwiftFour men gather in a London pub. They have taken it upon themselves to carry out the last orders of Jack Dodds, master butcher, and deliver his ashes to the sea. As they drive towards the fulfillment of their mission, their errand becomes an extraordinary ...Amazon
1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell - Novel

1996 John W. Campbell – Novel Winner and Nominees

1996 John W. Campbell - Novel WinnerThe Time ShipsStephen BaxterThe highly-acclaimed sequel to H G Wells's The Time Machine, from the heir to Arthur C. Clarke....Amazon1996 John W. Campbell - Novel ShortlistChaga (US title: Evolution's Shore)Ian McDonaldAmazonThe Diamond AgeNeal StephensonAmazon
1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - Fantasy Novel

1996 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

1996 Locus - Fantasy Novel WinnerAlvin JourneymanOrson Scott CardAlvin Miller, a gifted seventh son of a seventh son, utilizes his skills as a Maker to help create a brighter future for America, but his task is further challenged by his ancient enemy, the Unmaker, who plots to end Alvin's life...Amazon1996 Locus - Fantasy Novel ShortlistAssassin's ApprenticeRobin HobbAmazonBloodMichael MoorcockAmazonCity of BonesMartha WellsAmazonCrown of ShadowsC. S. FriedmanAmazonFortress in the Eye of TimeC. J. CherryhAmazonMaskeradeTerry PratchettAmazonResurrection ManSean StewartAmazonStone of TearsTerry GoodkindAmazonStorm RisingMercedes LackeyAmazonThe Book of Atrix WolfePatricia A. McKillipAmazonThe Lions of Al-RassanGuy Gavriel KayAmazonThe Silent Strength of StonesNina Kiriki HoffmanAmazonWaking ...
1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - SF Novel

1996 Locus – SF Novel Winner and Nominees

1996 Locus - SF Novel WinnerThe Diamond AgeNeal StephensonDecades into our future, a stone's throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neoVictorians. He's made an illicit copy of a state-of...Amazon1996 Locus - SF Novel ShortlistAmnesia MoonJonathan LethemAmazonBrightness ReefDavid BrinAmazonChaga (US title: Evolution's Shore)Ian McDonaldAmazonFairylandPaul J. McAuleyAmazonInvaderC. J. CherryhAmazonKaleidoscope CenturyJohn BarnesAmazonLegacyGreg BearAmazonMetropolitanWalter Jon WilliamsAmazonSailing Bright EternityGregory BenfordAmazonSlow RiverNicola GriffithAmazonThe Ganymede ClubCharles SheffieldAmazonThe Killing StarCharles Pellegrino & George ZebrowskiAmazonThe ...
1996 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography

1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography WinnerAngela's Ashes: A MemoirFrank McCourtA Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland. “When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: th...Amazon1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography ShortlistA Life of Picasso: Volume 2. The Cubist Rebel, 1907-1916John RichardsonAmazonAn Uncommon Woman: The Empress FrederickHannah PakulaAmazonEdward Hopper: An Intimate BiographyGail LevinAmazonHellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell HammettJoan MellenAmazonOrson Welles: The Road to XanaduSimon CallowAmazonTom: The Unknown Tennessee WilliamsLyle LeverichAmazon...