Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerA Discovery of StrangersRudy WiebeA Discovery of Strangers is a story--based on true events--of love and innocence, murder, greed and passion set within the terrifying, fragile Arctic landscape. In 1820, John Franklins small group of British officers and Canadian voyageurs, on their first...Amazon1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistDivision of SurgeryDonna McFarlaneAmazonHow InsensitiveRussell SmithAmazonOpen SecretsAlice MunroAmazonThe Robber BrideMargaret AtwoodAmazon

1993 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Stone DiariesCarol ShieldsThe Stone Diaries is the story of one womans life; a truly sensuous novel that reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century. Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhoo...Amazon1993 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistBad ImaginingsCaroline AddersonAmazonFor Those Who Hunt the Wounded DownDavid Adams RichardsAmazonGreen Grass, Running WaterThomas KingAmazonVisible LightCarol WindleyAmazon

1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe English PatientMichael OndaatjeWINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 Magnificent Sunday Times The best piece of fiction Ive read in years Independent on Sunday The final curtain is closing on the Second World War and in an abandoned Italian village. Hana, a nurse, tends to her...Amazon1992 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistDeep Hollow CreekSheila WatsonAmazonThe Afterlife of George CartwrightJohn StefflerAmazonThe Bonus DealArchie CrailAmazonThe Chrome SuiteSandra BirdsellAmazon

1990 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerLives of the SaintsNino RicciWhen young Vittorio Innocentes mother, Cristina, is bitten by a snake in the family stable, no one sees the blue-eyed stranger leaving except for Vittorio. He struggles to keep his mothers secret but secrets in a small village are hard to keep, and while...Amazon1990 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistDisappearing Moon CaféSky LeeAmazonFriend of My YouthAlice MunroAmazonMan of My DreamsDiane SchoemperlenAmazonOn Double TracksLeslie Hall PinderAmazon

1991 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerSuch a Long JourneyRohinton MistryIt is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his ...Amazon1991 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistA Guide to Animal BehaviourDouglas GloverAmazonBlue HusbandsDon DickinsonAmazonQuickeningTerry GriggsAmazonWilderness TipsMargaret AtwoodAmazon

1981 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerHome Truths: Selected Canadian StoriesMavis GallantFrom a PEN Award winner, these tales ranging from Depression-era Quebec to contemporary Vancouver offer “irresistible storytelling through and through” (Kirkus Reviews). Canada is one of the worlds most diverse and gorgeous countries, stretching from the ...Amazon

1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerMan DescendingGuy VanderhaegheThese superbly crafted stories reveal an astonishing range, with settings that vary from a farm on the Canadian prairies to Bloomsbury in London, from a high-rise apartment to a mine-shaft. Vanderhaeghe has the uncanny ability to show us the world through ...Amazon1982 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistAntichthonChris ScottAmazonThe Moons of JupiterAlice MunroAmazon

1983 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerShakespeare's DogLeon Rooke...Amazon1983 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistPainted LadiesH.R. PercyAmazonPeople Like Us In a Place Like ThisPhilip KreinerAmazonThe Biggest Modern Woman of the WorldSusan SwanAmazon

1984 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Engineer of Human SoulsJosef Skvorecky"So entertaining that it would be dangerous to read it without laughing aloud."...Amazon1984 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistIntertidal LifeAudrey ThomasAmazonNot Wanted on the VoyageTimothy FindleyAmazonThe Book of FearsSusan KerslakeAmazon

1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood...Amazon1985 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistForeign AffairsKeath FraserAmazonQueen of the HeadachesSharon ButalaAmazonRoad to the Stilt HouseDavid Adams RichardsAmazon