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2011 Awards

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2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerIf We Were BirdsErin ShieldsIf We Were Birds is a shocking, uncompromising examination of the horrors of war, giving voice to a woman long ago forced into silence, and placing a spotlight on millions of female victims who have been silenced through violence. A deeply affecting and th...Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistGas GirlsDonna-Michelle St. BernardAmazonHouse of Many TonguesJonathan GarfinkelAmazonLenin’s EmbalmersVern ThiessenAmazonMinor Complications: Two PlaysBrendan GallAmazon
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2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Sisters BrothersPatrick deWittFrom the author of the acclaimed Ablutions, this dazzlingly original second novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a reluctant assassin and his murderous brother....Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistHalf-Blood Blues: A NovelEsi EdugyanAmazonThe Free WorldDavid BezmozgisAmazonThe Little ShadowsMarina EndicottAmazonTouchAlexi ZentnerAmazon
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2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerMordecai: The Life & TimesCharles ForanForans book is IT: the definitive, detailed, intimate portrait of Mordecai Richler, the lion of Canadian literature, and the turbulent, changing times that nurtured him. It is also an extraordinary love story that lasted half a century. The first major bi...Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistEmpire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America’s Great ForestsAndrew NikiforukAmazonNation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867-1891Richard GwynAmazonThe Damned: The Canadians at the Battle of Hong Kong and the POW Experience, 1941-45Nathan M. GreenfieldAmazonThe Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a So...
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2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerKilldeerPhil HallPoetry. These are poems of critical thought that have been influenced by old fiddle tunes. These are essays that are not out to persuade so much as ruminate, invite, accrue....Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistCosmographia: A Post-Lucretian Faux Micro-EpicMichael BoughnAmazonDiscovery PassagesGarry Thomas MorseAmazonFieldnotes, A ForensicKate EichhornAmazonOrigami DoveSusan MusgraveAmazon
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2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerPartita for Glenn GouldDonald Winkler...Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistApocalypse for BeginnersLazer LederhendlerAmazonDirty FeetLazer LederhendlerAmazonExitDavid Scott HamiltonAmazonMeridian LineJudith CowanAmazon
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2011 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

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerFrom Then to Now: A Short History of the WorldChristopher MooreTraces human civilization from early bands of hunter-gatherers to the multicultural world cities of the present, covering the development of agriculture, empires, law, and the major religions, the rise of Europe, colonies, and industrialization....Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistA Hare in the Elephant’s TrunkJan L. CoatesAmazonBlink & CautionTim Wynne-JonesAmazonNo Ordinary DayDeborah EllisAmazonThis Dark EndeavourKenneth OppelAmazon
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2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, British Science Fiction Association, BSFA - Novel

2011 BSFA – Novel Winner and Nominees

2011 BSFA - Novel WinnerThe Dervish HouseIan McDonaldAnother day, another tram bomb. It seems everyone is after a piece of Turkey. But the shock waves from this random act of twenty-first-century terrorism will ripple far beyond Necatibey Cadessi. Welcome to the world of The Dervish House—the great, ancient,...Amazon2011 BSFA - Novel ShortlistLightbornTricia SullivanAmazonThe Restoration GameKen MacLeodAmazonThe Windup GirlPaolo BacigalupiAmazonZoo CityLauren BeukesAmazon
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2011 Awards, All Book Awards, August Derleth Award - Horror Novel, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, British Fantasy Awards

2011 British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel Winner and Nominees

2011 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerDemon DanceSam StoneDeep in the bowels of Rhuddlan Castle the ancient vampire Lilly waits, reflecting on the bizarre twists of fate that brought her here. Leaving behind her lover and maker Gabriele, Lilly treads a path between instinct and survival: always living in fear of ...Amazon2011 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistApartment 16Adam NevillAmazonPretty Little Dead ThingsGary McMahonAmazonThe LeapingTom FletcherAmazonThe Silent LandGraham JoyceAmazon
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2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Bram Stoker, Bram Stoker - Novel

2011 Bram Stoker – Novel Winner and Nominees

2011 Bram Stoker - Novel WinnerA Dark MatterPeter StraubForty years ago, Spenser Mallon led a group of young students to witness a brutal, ritual murder. The survivors never recovered. Now, it seems, he's back... It is the 1960s and the charismatic and cunning Spenser Mallon is a campus guru, attracting the dev...Amazon2011 Bram Stoker - Novel ShortlistApocalypse of the DeadJoe McKinneyAmazonDead LoveLinda Watanabe McFerrinAmazonDwellerJeff StrandAmazonHornsJoe HillAmazonRot & RuinJonathan MaberryAmazon
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