Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

1981 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerCaribou and the Barren-LandsGeorge CalefPhotographic account of the great herds of Barren-ground caribou and their yearly migrations through northern Canada and Alaska....Amazon1981 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistHugh MacLennan: A Writer's LifeElspeth CameronAmazonThe Young Vincent MasseyClaude BissellAmazon

2002 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerSaboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig’s War Against Big OilAndrew NikiforukWinner of the Governor Generals Award for Literary Non-Fiction and the 2002 Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime "A grisly catalogue of the effects of hydrogen sulphide and flaring . . . Nikiforuk provides an eloquent and persuas...Amazon2002 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistPossessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein’s BrainCarolyn AbrahamAmazonStarting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-Life Journey into Wild LandJill FrayneAmazonVis à Vis: Fieldnotes on Poetry and WildernessDon McKayAmazonWhen Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian WritingStephen HenighanAmazon

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

2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerNotes from the Hyena's BellyNega MezlekiaIn this acclaimed memoir, Mezlekia recalls his boyhood in the arid city of Jijiga, Ethiopia, and his journey to manhood during the 1970s and 1980s. He traces his personal evolution from child to soldier--forced at the age of eighteen to join a guerrilla ar...Amazon2000 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistA Story as Sharp as a KnifeRobert BringhurstAmazonRiver in a Dry LandTrevor HerriotAmazonThe Girl in the PictureDenise ChongAmazonThe Spinster and the ProphetA. B. McKillopAmazon

1999 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerWaterMarq de VilliersExamines the political and ecological consequences of the uses and misuses of water as increasing demands threaten the global supply--issues compounded by decreasing water table levels and rampant pollution....Amazon1999 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistBaltimore’s Mansion - A MemoirWayne JohnstonAmazonPaper Shadows - A Chinatown ChildhoodWayson ChoyAmazonSurpassing Wonder - The Invention of the Bible and the TalmudsDonald Harman AkensonAmazonWilliam Osler - A Life in MedicineMichael BlissAmazon

1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerLines on the Water – A Fisherman’s Life on the MiramichiDavid Adams RichardsDavid Adams Richards, award-winning author of Mercy Among the Children, here takes us on an unforgettable journey to the famed Miramichi River where he casts light on the magical allure of fly-fishing....Amazon1998 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistMamie’s Children – Three Generations of Prairie WomenJudy SchultzAmazonMrs. King – The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie KingCharlotte GrayAmazonStolen Life – The Journey of a Cree WomanRudy Wiebe and Yvonne JohnsonAmazonThe Quiet Limit of the World – A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global WarmingWayne GradyAmazon

1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerDrumblair - Memories of a Jamaican ChildhoodRachel Manley...Amazon1997 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistLoyal till Death - Indians and the North-West RebellionBlair Stonechild and Bill WaiserAmazonMorgentaler: A Difficult HeroCatherine DunphyAmazonOne River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain ForestWade DavisAmazonThis Ragged Place - Travels Across the LandscapeTerry GlavinAmazon

1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Unconscious CivilizationJohn Ralston SaulIn this intellectual tour de force John Ralston Saul argues that our society is only superficially based on the individual and democracy, and the West now toils unconsciously in the grip of a stifling “corporatist” structure that serves the needs of busine...Amazon1996 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistA Blue Boy in a Black DressT.F. RigelhofAmazonAfter the First DeathLake SagarisAmazonThe Convict LoverMerilyn SimondsAmazonThe Home TeamRoy MacGregorAmazon

1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerShadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwenRosemary SullivanThere is no doubt Rosemary Sullivan is a biographer of extraordinary talent. Her first biography, By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life was a bestseller and nominated for a Governor Generals Award. Her third biography, The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood, Starting...Amazon1995 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistLeaning on the WindSid MartyAmazonShooting the HippoLinda McQuaigAmazonThe Last House of Ulster: A Family in BelfastCharles ForanAmazon

1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerRogue Primate: An Exploration of Human DomesticationJohn A. LivingstonAn award-winning study of the relationship of humans to nature argues that humans have become so domesticated by and dependent on technology they can no longer truly relate to nature and are more prone to damage their environment. IP....Amazon1994 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistLight for a Cold Land: Lawren Harris's Work and Life—An InterpretationPeter LariseyAmazonThe Concubine's Children: Portrait of a FamilyDenise ChongAmazonThe Invitation: A Memoir of Family Love and ReconciliationJoan HaggertyAmazonThe Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in NatureSharon ButalaAmazon