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Governor General’s Literary Award

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1975 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1975 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1975 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerHallowed WallsMarion MacRae and Anthony AdamsonThe slogan on Ontarios licence plates, Yours to Discover, was designed to promote travel opportunities within the province. Every year, thousands of tourists drive along country roads, past farmyards and through hamlets, en route to popular vacation spo...Amazon
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1975 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1975 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Great Victorian CollectionBrian MooreSet in a fantastic, surreal world, The Great Victorian Collection is a fascinating exploration of the disturbing, intangible nature of reality. "Moore is a brilliant storyteller, a novelist of great subtlety and depth....Amazon
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1974 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1974 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1974 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe Siren YearsCharles RitchieCharles Ritchie, one of Canadas most distinguished diplomats, was a born diarist, a man whose daily record of his life is so well written that it leaps from the page. In wartime England, Ritchie, as Second Secretary at the Canadian High Commission, served...Amazon
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1974 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1974 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1974 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe DivinersMargaret LaurenceMorag Gunn grows up in a small town on the Canadian prairie, escapes from an unhappy marriage, and returns to rural Canada in hopes of coming to terms with the past...Amazon
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1973 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1973 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1973 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Temptations of Big BearRudy WiebeEarly in his writing career, Rudy Wiebes imagination was caught by a heroic character of Cree and Ojibwa ancestry whose birthplace was within twenty-five miles of where Wiebe himself was born 110 years later. The mans name translated into English was Big...Amazon
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