Saturday, November 23

Governor General’s Literary Award

2012 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation

2012 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2012 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerMai at the Predators’ BallNigel SpencerA group of imaginary beings perform every night at the Saloon, welcoming the outsiders of society and giving them a place to belong in this new novel from the award-winning and internationally renowned author of La Belle Bête (Mad Shadows). Original....Amazon2012 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistMafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada’s Sicilian ClanMichael GilsonAmazonRuSheila FischmanAmazonThe ListShelley TeppermanAmazonThe Small Room at the Top of the Stairs & Thinking of YuJohn MurrellAmazon
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 — Text

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

2012 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text Shortlist Seraphina Rachel Hartman Amazon The Grave Robber’s Apprentice Allan Stratton Amazon The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen Susin Nielsen Amazon The Umbrella Judd Palmer Amazon
2011 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

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerTen BirdsCybèle YoungTen little birds need to get to the other side of the river, and each comes up with his own unique solution....Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistAlong a Long RoadFrank VivaAmazonFishing with GubbyKim La FaveAmazonMigrantIsabelle ArsenaultAmazonRed WagonRenata LiwskaAmazon
2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerIf We Were BirdsErin ShieldsIf We Were Birds is a shocking, uncompromising examination of the horrors of war, giving voice to a woman long ago forced into silence, and placing a spotlight on millions of female victims who have been silenced through violence. A deeply affecting and th...Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistGas GirlsDonna-Michelle St. BernardAmazonHouse of Many TonguesJonathan GarfinkelAmazonLenin’s EmbalmersVern ThiessenAmazonMinor Complications: Two PlaysBrendan GallAmazon
2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Sisters BrothersPatrick deWittFrom the author of the acclaimed Ablutions, this dazzlingly original second novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a reluctant assassin and his murderous brother....Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistHalf-Blood Blues: A NovelEsi EdugyanAmazonThe Free WorldDavid BezmozgisAmazonThe Little ShadowsMarina EndicottAmazonTouchAlexi ZentnerAmazon
2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

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...
2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerKilldeerPhil HallPoetry. These are poems of critical thought that have been influenced by old fiddle tunes. These are essays that are not out to persuade so much as ruminate, invite, accrue....Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistCosmographia: A Post-Lucretian Faux Micro-EpicMichael BoughnAmazonDiscovery PassagesGarry Thomas MorseAmazonFieldnotes, A ForensicKate EichhornAmazonOrigami DoveSusan MusgraveAmazon
2011 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerPartita for Glenn GouldDonald Winkler...Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistApocalypse for BeginnersLazer LederhendlerAmazonDirty FeetLazer LederhendlerAmazonExitDavid Scott HamiltonAmazonMeridian LineJudith CowanAmazon
2011 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

2011 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerFrom Then to Now: A Short History of the WorldChristopher MooreTraces human civilization from early bands of hunter-gatherers to the multicultural world cities of the present, covering the development of agriculture, empires, law, and the major religions, the rise of Europe, colonies, and industrialization....Amazon2011 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistA Hare in the Elephant’s TrunkJan L. CoatesAmazonBlink & CautionTim Wynne-JonesAmazonNo Ordinary DayDeborah EllisAmazonThis Dark EndeavourKenneth OppelAmazon
2010 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

2010 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerCats’ Night OutJon Klassen...Amazon2010 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistI Know HereMatt JamesAmazonOwls See Clearly at Night: a Michif alphabet / Lii Yiiboo Nayaapiwak lii Swer: l’alfabet di MichifJulie FlettAmazonThe Quiet BookRenata LiwskaAmazonUirapurú: based on a Brazilian legendKristi BridgemanAmazon