Monday, December 23

2001 Awards

2001 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, World Fantasy Awards, World Fantasy Awards - Novel

2001 World Fantasy Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

2001 World Fantasy Awards - Novel WinnerDeclareTim PowersA mesmerising, award-winning, daringly imaginative, multi-levelled thriller for fans of John le Carre or Neal Stephenson An ultra-secret MI6 codename. A deadly game of deception and intrigue. Dark forces from the depths of history. The terrible secret at t...AmazonGalvestonSean StewartAfter magic and monsters re-enter the world, the island of Galveston splits into two sides: the "normal" half, and Carnival, an endless Mardi Gras where miracles abound. "Terrific fun."...Amazon2001 World Fantasy Awards - Novel ShortlistLord of EmperorsGuy Gavriel KayAmazonPerdido Street StationChina MiévilleAmazonThe Amber SpyglassPhilip PullmanAmazonThe Grand EllipsePaula VolskyAmazon
2001 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

2001 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerDustArthur SladeThe children were disappearing. And the worst thing about it? No one noticed A rainmaker brings rain to a drought-stricken town. The stranger amazes the townspeople with magic mirrors and bewitches the children with his beautiful butterfly. First, one chil...Amazon2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistBefore WingsBeth GoobieAmazonIn Spite of Killer BeesJulie JohnstonAmazonMary Ann AliceBrian DoyleAmazonThe GameTeresa TotenAmazon
2001 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

2001 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerAn Island in the SoupMireille LevertWhen Victors mother serves him fish soup for lunch, he imagines he must cross a bubbling swamp, avoid the rain of peas and carrots, vanquish the pepper dragon, and escape Bad Fairy Zoop before he can eat....Amazon2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistMallory and the Power BoyCindy RevellAmazonThe Wolf of GubbioMurray KimberAmazonWe’ll All Go SailingKim LaFaveAmazonWild Bog TeaHarvey ChanAmazon
2001 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English)

2001 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerFairy RingFred A. Reed and David HomelA compulsively readable, beautiful and dark novel of stormy relationships and all-consuming desires....Amazon2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistThe Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of MatchesSheila FischmanAmazonThe Sailor's DisquietGail ScottAmazon
2001 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2001 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerExecution PoemsGeorge Elliott ClarkeIn this startling work, Clarke reminds us of racism and poverty and of their brutal, tragic results, blurring the line between the perpetrator and the victim-a line wed prefer to be simple and clear....Amazon2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistMen in the Off HoursAnne CarsonAmazonSeven Pages MissingSteve McCafferyAmazonThe Hornbooks of Rita K.Robert KroetschAmazonTrouble SleepingPhil HallAmazon
2001 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2001 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Ingenuity GapThomas Homer-DixonIs our world becoming too complex and too fast-paced to manage? The challenges facing human societies - from international financial crises and global climate change to pandemics of tuberculosis and AIDS - converge, intertwine, and often remain largely bey...Amazon2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistGrain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of CraftRoss A. LairdAmazonReading Pictures: A History of Love and HateAlberto ManguelAmazonThe Laughing One: A Journey to Emily CarrSusan CreanAmazonThe Taste of Metal: A Deserter’s StoryJack ToddAmazon
2001 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2001 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerClara CallanRichard B. WrightRichard B. Wrights celebrated novel is the powerful and moving story of two small-town sisters and their life-changing experiences on the eve of the Second World War. Clara Callan is a masterpiece of fiction that won the Giller Prize, the Governor General...Amazon2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistDragons CryTessa McWattAmazonLife of PiYann MartelAmazonSalamanderThomas WhartonAmazonThe Stone CarversJane UrquhartAmazon
2001 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2001 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerThe Harps of GodKent StetsonThe Harps of Godposes the question, what does it take to survive? How does an individual find the will to survive in a hopeless and absurd scenario? Beliefs that the men relied on to survive in their isolated fishing villages are put to the test on the des...Amazon2001 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistA Three Martini LunchClem MartiniAmazonAn Acre of Time: The PlayJason ShermanAmazonBuilding JerusalemMichael RedhillAmazonMonsieur d’EonMark BrownellAmazon
2001 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, International Dublin Literary Award, International Dublin Literary Award - Novel

2001 International Dublin Literary Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

2001 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel WinnerNo Great MischiefAlistair MacLeodIn 1779, driven out of his home, Calum MacDonald sets sail from the Scottish Highlands with his extensive family. After a long, terrible journey he settles his family in 'the land of trees', and eventually they become a separate Nova Scotian clan: red-hair...Amazon2001 International Dublin Literary Award - Novel ShortlistBuddha's Little FingerVictor PelevinAmazonOur FathersAndrew O'HaganAmazonThe Blackwater LightshipColm TóibínAmazonThe Love You Promised MeSilvia MolinaAmazonThe True History of ParadiseMargaret Cezair-ThompsonAmazon
2001 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Hugo Awards, Hugo Awards - Novel

2001 Hugo Awards – Novel Winner and Nominees

2001 Hugo Awards - Novel WinnerHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ. K. RowlingYoung wizard-in-training Harry Potter prepares for a competition between Hogwarts School of Magic and two rival schools, develops a crush on Cho Chang, and wishes above all to be a normal fourteen-year-old. This edition contains a new cover from awar...Amazon2001 Hugo Awards - Novel ShortlistA Storm of SwordsGeorge R. R. MartinAmazonCalculating GodRobert J. SawyerAmazonMidnight RobberNalo HopkinsonAmazonThe Sky RoadKen MacLeodAmazon