Tuesday, November 26

Book Awards By Year

2014 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

2014 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerThis One SummerMariko Tamaki and Jillian TamakiRose and Windy are summer friends whose families have visited Awago Beach for as long as they can remember. But this year is different, and they soon find themselves tangled in teen love and family crisis. From the creators of Skim comes an investigation i...Amazon2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistAny Questions?Marie-Louise GayAmazonHana Hashimoto, Sixth ViolinQin LengAmazonJulia, ChildJulie MorstadAmazonOnce Upon a MemoryRenata LiwskaAmazon
2013 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

2013 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerNorthwest PassageMatt JamesWinner of the Governor Generals Literary Award for Childrens Illustration Award-winning artist Matt James takes the iconic song "Northwest Passage" by legendary Canadian songwriter and singer Stan Rogers and tells the dramatic story of the search for the...Amazon2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistHow ToJulie MorstadAmazonMiss Mousie’s Blind DateRachel BermanAmazonOy, Feh, So?Gary ClementAmazonThe DarkJon KlassenAmazon
2013 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2013 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerFault Lines: Three PlaysNicolas BillonA young womans idealism is challenged by the infamous whale hunt in Faroe Islands. Nicolas Billons critically acclaimed trilogy asks the audience to consider the values that guide human relations....Amazon2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistBlood: A Scientific RomanceMeg BraemAmazonFrenchtownLawrence JefferyAmazonShakespeare’s NiggaJoseph Jomo PierreAmazonThe Swearing JarKate HewlettAmazon
2013 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2013 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe LuminariesEleanor CattonThe bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning novel hailed as "a true achievement. Catton has built a lively parody of a 19th-century novel, and in so doing created a novel for the 21st, something utterly new. The pages fly."--New York Times Book Review It is ...Amazon2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistA Beautiful TruthColin McAdamAmazonThe Hungry GhostsShyam SelvaduraiAmazonThe Lion SeekerKenneth BonertAmazonThe OrendaJoseph BoydenAmazon
2013 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2013 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerJourney with No Maps: A Life of P.K. PageSandra DjwaPoet, traveller, artist, and mystic - the story of one extraordinary womans many lives....Amazon2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistProjection: Encounters with My Runaway MotherPriscila UppalAmazonThe Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End PovertyNina MunkAmazonThe Juggler’s Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind UsCarolyn AbrahamAmazonThe Memory of WaterAllen SmutyloAmazon
2013 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2013 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerNorth End Love SongsKatherena VermetteAn ode to Winnipegs north end, where Ms. Vermette grew up. Its also the neighbourhood where her Métis brother went missing....Amazon2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistBirds, Metals, Stones & RainRussell ThorntonAmazonBite Down Little WhisperDon DomanskiAmazonThe PolymersAdam DickinsonAmazonWhere the Sun Shines BestAustin ClarkeAmazon
2013 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation

2013 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerThe Major VerbsDonald WinklerMary Daltons fifth collection, Hooking, is a series of centos that, on one level, draw inspiration from a traditional Newfoundland craft. Like a hooked rug made up of strips of fabric cut from old clothes, the cento is stitched together from lines scissor...Amazon2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistAnd the Birds Rained DownRhonda MullinsAmazonCanada’s Forgotten Slaves: Two Hundred Years of BondageGeorge TombsAmazonFor SureRobert MajzelsAmazonThe Stalinist’s WifeLuise von FlotowAmazon
2013 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

2013 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerThe Unlikely Hero of Room 13BTeresa TotenFilled with moments of deep emotion and unexpected humor, this understated and wise novel explores the complexities of living with OCD and offers the prospect of hope, happiness and healing. Perfect for readers who love Eleanor & Park and All the Bright Pl...Amazon2013 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistBecoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Final CaseShane PeacockAmazonCounting Back From NineValerie SherrardAmazonOnce Upon a Northern NightJean E. PendziwolAmazonThe White BicycleBeverley BrennaAmazon
2012 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

2012 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2012 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerVirginia WolfIsabelle ArsenaultWhen Virginia wakes up feeling "wolfish," her sister, Vanessa, tries to cheer her up. After treats, funny faces and other efforts fail, Vanessa begins to paint a glorious mural depicting the world of the sisters’ imagination. Will it help lift Virginia fro...Amazon2012 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistBig City BeesRenné BenoitAmazonHouse Held Up by TreesJon KlassenAmazonIn the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps it UpDavid ParkinsAmazonPicture a TreeBarbara ReidAmazon
2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2012 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2012 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerIt is Solved by WalkingCatherine BanksWhen Margaret learns of the death of her former husband, she recalls their earliest days together as Ph.D. candidates, beginning a journey through her past. Told through the sensations of Wallace Stevenss poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,â- t...Amazon2012 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistBrothel #9Anusree RoyAmazonDrama: Pilot EpisodeKaren HinesAmazonLost: A MemoirCathy Ostlere and Dennis GarnhumAmazonThe Romeo InitiativeTrina DaviesAmazon