Governor General's Literary Award Archives - Page 32 of 39

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

2009 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2009 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2009 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerThe Fly in AutumnDavid Zieroth"The Fly in Autumn" is a nuanced work that constantly shifts between the inane and the macabre, between black humour and self-mockery. There is an absurdist, Kafkaesque twist to this collection in which the landscapes are sometimes recognizably our own but...Amazon2009 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistBe Calm, HoneyDavid W. McFaddenAmazonExpresswaySina QueyrasAmazonLittle HungerPhilip Kevin PaulAmazonThis Way OutCarmine StarninoAmazon

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

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

2009 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2009 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerPieces of MeSusan OuriouMirabelle, a talented artist from a broken home, befriends the free-spirited and confident Catherine, whose friendship brings Mira out of her shell, but Mira soon learns that her newfound confidence can be shattered in an instant....Amazon2009 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistA Slight Case of FatiguePhyllis Aronoff and Howard ScottAmazonEmpire of Desire: The Abolition of TimeFred A. ReedAmazonOneJo-Anne ElderAmazonWildlivesDavid Homel and Fred A. ReedAmazon

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

2009 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

2009 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2009 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerGreener Grass: The Famine YearsCaroline PignatFinding their life becoming more difficult everyday, the Byrne family is forced to leave their homeland to escape the Great Famine....Amazon2009 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistA Thousand Shades of BlueRobin StevensonAmazonHome FreeSharon JenningsAmazonSister WifeShelley HrdlitschkaAmazonThe UninvitedTim Wynne-JonesAmazon

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

2008 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

2008 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books Winner and Nominees

2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books WinnerThe Owl and the PussycatStéphane JorischAfter a courtship voyage of a year and a day, the owl and the pussycat finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married, in this illustrated version of Lears nonsense poem....Amazon2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books ShortlistMy Letter to the World and Other PoemsIsabelle ArsenaultAmazonShin-chi’s CanoeKim LaFaveAmazonThe Emperor’s Second Hand ClothesJosée BisaillonAmazonYellow Moon, Apple MoonMatt JamesAmazon

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

2008 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2008 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerBone CageCatherine BanksJamie is twenty-two years old and works twelve-hour shifts operating a wood processor, clear-cutting for pulp. At the end of each shift, he walks through the destruction he has created looking for injured birds and animals and rescues those he can. Jamies...Amazon2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama Shortlist10 Days on EarthRonnie BurkettAmazonCopper ThunderbirdMarie ClementsAmazonPalace of the EndJudith ThompsonAmazonReverend JonahPaul CiufoAmazon

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

2008 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2008 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Origin of SpeciesNino RicciWinner of the 2008 Governor Generals Award for Fiction Montreal during the turbulent mid-1980s: Chernobyl has set Geiger counters thrumming across the globe, HIV/AIDS is cutting a deadly swath through the gay population worldwide, and locally, tempers are...Amazon2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistAtmospheric DisturbancesRivka GalchenAmazonCockroachRawi HageAmazonThe Great KarooFred StensonAmazonThe Lost HighwayDavid Adams RichardsAmazon

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

2008 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2008 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerFifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian ArmyChristie BlatchfordLong before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canadas most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect ...Amazon2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistAn Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first CenturyJames OrbinskiAmazonGod’s Mercies. Rivalry, Betrayal and the Dream of DiscoveryDouglas HunterAmazonThe Black Grizzly of Whiskey CreekSid MartyAmazonThe Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We NeedChris TurnerAmazon

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

2008 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2008 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerMore to Keep Us WarmJacob ScheierBoth chronicle and confrontation, the poems of Jacob Scheiers debut work out and through notions of loss. As the death of a young mans mother instigates and informs these investigations, the realities of romantic failures become inextricably connected, a...Amazon2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistAide-MémoireRuth Roach PiersonAmazonNoise from the LaundryWeyman ChanAmazonThe Invisibility ExhibitSachiko MurakamiAmazonThe SentinelA. F. MoritzAmazon

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

2008 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation

2008 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerNikolskiLazer LederhendlerThis is a story of three characters--Noah, Joyce, and the anonymous narrator--as each leave their far-flung birthplaces to follow their own personal songs of migration. All three end up in Montreal, each on his or her voyage of selfdiscovery, each compell...Amazon2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistBeatitudesJo-Anne ElderAmazonOrfeoFred A. ReedAmazonThe Making of the Nations and Cultures of the New WorldPaul Leduc Browne and Michelle WeinrothAmazonThe Postman’s RoundLiedewy HawkeAmazon

23Mar

By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments

2008 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

2008 Governor General’s Literary Award – Young People’s Literature — Text Winner and Nominees

2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text WinnerThe LandingJohn IbbitsonAfter the Great Depression, Ben, who sneaks in violin practice between chores, gets a job fixing up an old cottage on nearby Pine Island where he is introduced to a world of wealth that makes him desperate to escape Cooks Landing....Amazon2008 Governor General's Literary Award - Young People’s Literature — Text ShortlistChild of DandelionsShenaaz NanjiAmazonLibertadAlma FullertonAmazonShimmerdogsDianne LindenAmazonSkimMariko TamakiAmazon