Book Awards By Year

2012 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerLeonardo and the Last SupperRoss KingFor more than five centuries The Last Supper has been an artistic, religious and cultural icon. The art historian Kenneth Clark called it the keystone of European art, and for a century after its creation it was regarded as nothing less than a miraculous...Amazon2012 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistA Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab SpringNahlah AyedAmazonInto the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of EverestWade DavisAmazonThe Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia FrancaCarol Bishop-GwynAmazonWhat We Talk About When We Talk About WarNoah RichlerAmazon

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...