Sunday, November 24

1998 Awards

1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerWhite Stone: The Alice PoemsStephanie BolsterThese evocative poems move from the icon of Alice in Wonderland to the imagined figure of Alice out of Wonderland—on a Vancouver beach with the poet, underground with Persephone, in Memphis with Elvis. But first they explore the life of the real Alice Lidd...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistBlue MarrowLouise Bernice HalfeAmazonDebbie: An EpicLisa RobertsonAmazonHandwritingMichael OndaatjeAmazonLobotomy MagnificatKathy ShaidleAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerLines on the Water – A Fisherman’s Life on the MiramichiDavid Adams RichardsDavid Adams Richards, award-winning author of Mercy Among the Children, here takes us on an unforgettable journey to the famed Miramichi River where he casts light on the magical allure of fly-fishing....Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistMamie’s Children – Three Generations of Prairie WomenJudy SchultzAmazonMrs. King – The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie KingCharlotte GrayAmazonStolen Life – The Journey of a Cree WomanRudy Wiebe and Yvonne JohnsonAmazonThe Quiet Limit of the World – A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global WarmingWayne GradyAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerForms of DevotionDiane SchoemperlenDiane Schoemperlens acclaimed In the Language of Love expanded our expectations of the contemporary novel, using everyday words to deconstruct a young womans life and loves. In her new short story collection, Forms of Devotion, she again tests the bounds...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistStrange HeavenLynn CoadyAmazonThe Colony of Unrequited DreamsWayne JohnstonAmazonThe Electrical FieldKerri SakamotoAmazonThe White BoneBarbara GowdyAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

1998 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerHarlem DuetDjanet SearsWinner of the Governor Generals Award for Drama. Winner of the Chalmers Play Award. A rhapsodic blues tragedy. Harlem Duet could be the prelude to Shakepeares Othello, and recounts the tale of Othello and his first wife Billie (yes, before Desdemona). Se...Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistInexpressible IslandDavid YoungAmazonNot SpainRichard SangerAmazonSandra Shamas: A Trilogy of PerformancesSandra ShamasAmazonSelkirk AvenueBruce McManusAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, International Dublin Literary Award, International Dublin Literary Award - Novel

1998 International Dublin Literary Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

1998 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel WinnerThe Land of Green PlumsHerta MüllerIn Romania at the height of Ceausescu's reign, a group of young people move to the city in search of better prospects, but they must face betrayal and suicide, and the choice to bend to the oppressors or resist and die....Amazon1998 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel ShortlistAlias GraceMargaret AtwoodAmazonAutobiography of my MotherJamaica KincaidAmazonImaginings of SandAndré BrinkAmazonLast OrdersGraham SwiftAmazonSaltEarl LovelaceAmazonThe Counting HouseDavid DabydeenAmazonThe Englishman's BoyGuy VanderhaegheAmazonThe Glade Within the GroveDavid FosterAmazonThe Pope's RhinocerosLawrence NorfolkAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Hugo Awards, Hugo Awards - Novel

1998 Hugo Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

1998 Hugo Awards - Novel WinnerForever PeaceJoe HaldemanIn the year 2043, the Ngumi War rages. Limited nuclear strikes have been used on Atlanta and two enemy cities, but the war goes on, fought by 'soldierboys' - indestructible war machines operated by remote control by soldiers hundreds of miles away. Julian ...Amazon1998 Hugo Awards - Novel ShortlistCity on FireWalter Jon WilliamsAmazonFrameshiftRobert J. SawyerAmazonJack FaustMichael SwanwickAmazonThe Rise of EndymionDan SimmonsAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography

1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography WinnerThe Life of Thomas MorePeter AckroydPeter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a li...Amazon1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Biography ShortlistD.H. Lawrence: Dying Game, 1922-1930 (Volume 3 of The Cambridge Biography of D.H. Lawrence)David EllisAmazonThe Hidden Wordsworth: Poet, Lover, Rebel, SpyKenneth R. JohnstonAmazonThe Trials of Radclyffe HallDiana SouhamiAmazonVictor Hugo: A BiographyGraham RobbAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerMaster Georgie: A NovelBeryl Bainbridge...Amazon1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction ShortlistCharlotte Gray: A NovelSebastian FaulksAmazonMan or Mango? A LamentLucy EllmannAmazonThe Last King of ScotlandGiles FodenAmazonThe Restraint of BeastsMagnus MillsAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell - Novel

1998 John W. Campbell – Novel Winner and Nominees

1998 John W. Campbell - Novel WinnerForever PeaceJoe HaldemanIn the year 2043, the Ngumi War rages. Limited nuclear strikes have been used on Atlanta and two enemy cities, but the war goes on, fought by 'soldierboys' - indestructible war machines operated by remote control by soldiers hundreds of miles away. Julian ...Amazon1998 John W. Campbell - Novel Shortlist/ SlantGreg BearAmazonSecret PassagesPaul PreussAmazon
1998 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - Fantasy Novel

1998 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

1998 Locus - Fantasy Novel WinnerEarthquake WeatherTim PowersSupernatural Adventure from a Master of Modern Fantasy The magical King of the West has been killed in California, and his assassin is one of the multiple personalities in the head of Janis Cordelia Plumtree—but which one? One of them is a streetwise pickp...Amazon1998 Locus - Fantasy Novel ShortlistAssassin's QuestRobin HobbAmazonCity on FireWalter Jon WilliamsAmazonDoglandWill ShetterlyAmazonFreedom & NecessitySteven Brust & Emma BullAmazonJack FaustMichael SwanwickAmazonKing's DragonKate ElliottAmazonLord of the IslesDavid DrakeAmazonRose DaughterRobin McKinleyAmazonThe Dark Tower IV: Wizard and GlassStephen KingAmazonThe GiftPatrick O'LearyAmazonThe Moon and the SunVonda N. McIntyreAmazonThe Subtle KnifePhilip PullmanAmazonTr...